Watch List notes:

SYRIA, Antioch. Caesarian Period, 40/39 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27mm, 15.79 g 1), posthumous issue in the name of Philip Philadelphus (95-83 BC), year Ι = 10. Diademed head of Philip Philadelphus to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΣ / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ / ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ / [ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ] Zeus seated to left, holding Nike and long scepter; in field to left, monogram of ΑΥΓ; in exergue, Ι. RPC I, 4133. An attractive, sharp, toned example. Extremely fine.


From a Czech collection, sold by Karel Chaura, Prague (1869-1945).