GY91702. Bronze serrated AE 21, cf. Houghton-Lorber II 2006, SNG Spaer 1771, Babelon Rois 1007, SNG Cop 304, HGC 9 143 (C-S), aF, dark patina, porous, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 7.844g, maximum diameter 21.4mm, die axis 45
o, c. mid-143 - 142 B.C.; obverse radiate head of Antiochos VI right, wearing ivy wreath; obscure countermark; reverse elephant walking left, holding torch in trunk, BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY above, EΠIΦANOYΣ ΔIONYΣOY in exergue, ΣTA over uncertain second control symbol right; from the Maxwell Hunt Collection;
scarce;
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