GY87393. Bronze AE 21, Houghton-Lorber II 1449; cf. SNG Spaer 1077; Houghton CSE 704 f.; BMC Seleucid p. 39, 57; Sawaya 5 ff., HGC 9 664 (R2), Choice F, nice desert patina, scratches, central cavities, Berytus (Beirut, Lebanon) mint, weight 6.945g, maximum diameter 21.4mm, die axis 0
o, c. 168 - 164 B.C.; obverse radiate and diademed head of Antiochos IV right, one diadem end flying behind, the other falling forward over shoulder, uncertain Greek control letter(s) behind; reverse Phoenician script:
(of Laodicea, mother in Canaan) counterclockwise on left, BAΣIΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY clockwise on right, Ba'al-Berit (Poseidon) standing facing, phiale in right hand, trident in left hand, Λ / A (mintmark) left, OΦ monogram right;
rare;
SOLD