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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 15.66 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Series 2, circa 173/2-169/8 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; Φ in exergue. SC 1396b; Le Rider, Antioche, 73 (A01/P50 - this coin); HGC 9, 619. Toned, rough surfaces, a few scratches. VF. Very rare with Φ control mark. From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Abramowitz Family Collection (Superior Galleries, 8 December 1993), lot 304, purchased by Yefim Girshovitch Abramovitch from a traveling antique dealer (according to the introductory note at the beginning of the Superior catalog).