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1120
Syria, Seleukis and Pieria. Laodikeia ad Mare. Silver Tetradrachm (14.54 g), ca. 81/0-17/6 BC. CY 17 (65/4
BC). Veiled, draped, and turreted bust of Tyche right. Rev.
LAODIKEWN THS
IERAS KAI AUTONOMOU
,
Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter; in inner left field, date (ZI); below throne, monogram; in exergue,
AS
; all within wreath. (Mørkholm 10c; HGC 9, 1398). Very fine.
$ 300
1121
Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. Æ (37.84 g), 175-164 BC. ‘Egyptianizing’ series. Antioch on
the Orontes, 169/8 BC. Laureate head of Zeus-Serapis right, wearing tainia with Osiris crown at tip. Rev.
BASILEWS ANTIOCOU QEOU EPIFANOUS
, eagle standing right on thunderbolt. (SC 1413; HGC 9, 643).
A
nother, smaller Æ (20.47 g) of the same ‘Egyptianizing’ series, with Isis / Eagle. (SC 1414; HGC 9, 644).
First with an earthen brown patina, the second with a dark green-black patina. Both very fine. (2) $ 750
Second ex CNG E172 (5 September 2007), lot 60.
1122
Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. Æ Drachm (12.69 g), 175-164 BC. ‘Egyptianizing’ series.
Antioch on the Orontes, 169/8 BC. Laureate head of Zeus-Serapis right, wearing tainia with Osiris crown
at tip. Rev.
BASILEW
[
S
]
ANTIOCOU
QEOU
[
E
]
PIFAN
[
OUS
], eagle standing right on thunderbolt. (SC
1413; HGC 9, 643). Green patina. Very fine.
$ 500
A large bronze coin struck in the Ptolemaic style for use during Antiochos IV’s planned invasion of Egypt. Livy records that
Antiochos and his 100,000-man army were turned back at the border by an aging Roman official and a dozen men who drew a line
in the sand (Livy XLV.12).