Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 1, Lot: 222

Seleucid Kingdom: In name of Philip I Philadelphus. 
89-83 BC. AR tetradrachm (15.75 g), posthumous issue of Philip I Philadelphus, Antioch on the Orontes, 44-43 BC. 
Dated year 6 of the Caesarian era.

Diademed head of Philip I right.
BASILEWS FILIPPOY EPIFANOYS FILADELFOY, Zeus seated left, holding Nike on right hand and sceptre in left.
YAT monogram in left field, DI monogram under throne, date S in thunderbolt in exergue, all in laurel wreath. 

RPC 4130; Prieur 7. Some encrustation. Mint state 

Sold for $325 USD [ approx 247 EUR, 172.25 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).