Description
Tarsos, circa 114-112 BC. AR tetradrachm, 16.26 gr., 29.4 mm.
Obv: diademed head of Antiochos IX to the right; filleted border.
Rev: [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ; Sandan standing to the right on back of horned lion-griffin standing to the right upon garlanded altar with baldachin; two monograms to the outer left.
Ref: SC 2349.1b (this coin); HGC 9, 1230. Ex NFA XX (West Hollywood, 1988), lot 797.
Nice toning. Obverse slightly off-centre, old marks in reverse left field. Rare.
Good very fine.
A Houghton-Lorber plate coin.
