Freeman & Sear - Mail Bid Sale 12

Lot: 204

SELEUCID KINGDOM: Antiochus VII Euergetes. (138-129 BC). 
AR tetradrachm (16.83 gm).

Mallus. Diademed head of Antiochus VII right, mintmark M 
above A behind / Cult figure of Athena Magarsia standing 
facing, wearing triple-crested helmet and long aegis, 
holding filled spear, stars above shoulders, XAYB 
monogram in lower left field, AS in lower right field. 
Houghton, Essays Mildenberg, 12–13. Extremely rare. 
Perhaps the second known. Die break across neck. Nearly 
extremely fine 
Estimated Value: $ 5,500 


 ... Lot was unsold.
 


From the Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 12, Closed October 28, 2005.

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear, www.freemanandsear.com