SELEUKID KINGS, Syria. Ekbatana. Timarchos, usurper,

SELEUKID KINGS, Syria. Ekbatana. Timarchos, usurper, 164-161 BC. (Bronze, 27 mm, 15.33 g, 12 h). Diademed head of Timarchos to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΤΙΜΑΡΧΟΥ Nike advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm branch in left. CSE 1235. HGC 9, 770 (R2-3). SC 1595. Rare, perhaps the finest known, and with a magnificent portrait of Timarchos. Extremely fine.

From a collection in the United States.