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Syria


Seleucid, Part 3


Antiochus IV


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Syria, Seleucid, Antiochus IV, 175-164 BC, AE 17, serratus,
Lydia(?), Sardes(?) mint
veiled head of Demeter or Laodike IV/
BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY,
head of elephant, ΛI, prow of galley
SNG Cop. 184, SNG Israel 967,
Houghton 113, BMC 1/3 var.
Posted November 2016







Syria, Seleucid, Antiochus IV, 175-164 BC, AE 24, 17.3g,
Syria, Antioch mint
head of Isis, wearing taenia and Isis headdress/
BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ,
eagle standing on thunderbolt, wings closed
SNG Israel 981/983, Lindgren & Kovacs 1802,
SNG Cop. 192, BMC 45-46, Scarce (NC)
Posted November 2016


Note: This specimen was struck on a very thick flan.







Syria, Seleucid, Antiochus IV Epiphanes(?), 175-164 BC, AE 17,
Phoenicia, Byblos mint, minted 168-164 BC, broken flan
radiate and diademed head of king/
BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY,
Phoenician "L'Gebal Qdsh" ("of Gebal the holy"),
6-winged Kronos-El (of Byblos) standing, holding was-sceptre
Houghton 696, SC 1444.1, HSC 663, Very Rare (R2)
Posted November 2016


Note: The dealer mis-attributed this coin as Augustus.







Syria, Seleucid, Antiochus IV, 175-164 BC, AE 15, serrate,
Palestine, Akko mint
radiate and diademed head, B monogram(?)/
BAΣIΛEOΣ ANT X Y, veiled female goddess standing
facing, holding long torch or sceptre, hand on hip
CSE 791-793
Posted November 2016