Description: Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochos IX (114/3 - 95 BC), 4th reign, Tripolis mint. Filleted head of Zeus right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ; Tyche, wearing polos, standing left on rudder and facing right, resting right hand on tiller of rudder and holding cornucopiae with left arm.

Diameter: AE15 mm

Weight: 3,8 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: Houghton, Lorber and Hoover, SC II, 2380; Houghton, CSE, 357-358; SNG Spaer, 2715; BMC 4, p. 93, No. 26 (Plate XXV, 8); Hunterian Coll. III, p. 107, Nos. 34-35

Commentary: very rare; dark grey patina with bronze highlights

History: The two decades of Antiochos' rule were actually a constant war with his halfbrother - Antiochos VIII.

Article Number: 005-09-05-44147