Ex Sunrise and Houghton Collections, and Susiana Hoard Published by Strauss
405. SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.83 g, 4h). Susa mint. Struck 145-144 BC. Diademed head right / ∫Å%5¬EW% d˙µ˙-tr5oU, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; i to outer left, j to outer right, [uncertain monogram in exergue]. SC 1995.2 (this coin referenced); HGC 9, 960; Sunrise 206 = CSE 1083 = P. Strauss, “Un trésor de monnaies hellénistiques trouvé près de Suse” in RN 1971, 121 (this coin). Toned. VF. Very rare. ($2000) From the MNL Collection. Ex Sunrise Collection (Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015), lot 165; Classical Numismatic Group 69 (8 June 2005), lot 577; Arthur Houghton Collection, 1083; Susiana, 1965 hoard (IGCH 1806).
406. SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.23 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 169 (144/3 BC). Radiate and diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; – between legs, Q$r (date) and %tÅ in exergue. SC 2002.1c; SMA 237 var. (monogram); HGC 9, 1036a; DCA 182. Attractive iridescent cabinet tone, minor flan cracks. EF. ($500) From the MNL Collection. Ex Pierre Arnaud Collection (Hess-Divo 307, 8 June 2007), lot 1320; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 438 (November 1981), no. 14.
407. SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 4.10 g, 12h). Tarsos mint, “Royal workshop”. Diademed head right within fillet border / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; to outer left, ± above f (engraved over a prior control mark). SC 2158 corr. (bottom monogram); Houghton, Second, –; HGC 9, 1128a; SNG Spaer 2204 (same dies); CNG inventory 403602 (same dies). Toned, slight die wear, a couple light marks under tone on obverse, a little porosity on reverse. EF. Well centered and struck. Extremely rare. ($750) From the MNL Collection. Ex François Charrin Collection (Parsy, 26 November 2013), lot 57. The clarity of the lower monogram on this example verifies that this drachm is a fraction of the tetradrachm issue SC 2157.2.
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