20090626

Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus IX Cyzicenus BCE 114/3-95


AE 17 mm, 4.72 g, minted probably in Phoenicia, SE 202/BCE 111-110

SC 2388.2

O: Bust of winged Eros r. dotted border
R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines on r., ΦΙΛΟΠATOPOΣ on l., Nike adv l., holding wreath.

Date outer left: BΣ

Acquisition: 2009

cf. please refer to very interesting information pertaining to this type in SC II vol I pp. 542-544.