Tetradrachm of Antiochos III (The Great), Seleucid Empire 223 - 187 BC

Tetradrachm of Antiochos III (The Great), Seleucid Empire 223 - 187 BC

Lot 178 · Consigned by Sempercoins

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Description

Seleucid kings of Syria, Antiochos III AR Tetradrachm. DI mint (Southern or Eastern Syria), ca 197 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOCOY, nude Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow & bow; ΔI in ex. SNGIs 773, Newell ESM 608, Houghton 1172

Obverse: several scratches in the fields, bust struck in high relief, bust fully on flan

Reverse: some porosity, legends clearly legible, nicely centered