SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos III ‘the Great’. 222-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 16.92 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 204-197 BC.

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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos III ‘the Great’. 222-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 16.92 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 204-197 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monogram to outer left, Φ in exergue. SC 1044.4b; Le Rider, Antioche, Series III-IV, 146 (A10/P106 – this coin, illustrated); HGC 9, 447u. Lightly toned, minor roughness. Good VF.

From the Sigmund Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 54 (14 June 2000), lot 806 (part of). Reportedly ex 1992 Northern Syria hoard (referenced in Le Rider, but apparently unpublished and unreported; thus, possibly erroneous).


Closing Date and Time: 22 September 2021 at 11:52:00 ET.

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