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SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus III the Great (222-187 BC). AR tetradrachm (33mm, 16.62 gm, 11h). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5, die shift.
"Sardes" (really a Phrygian mint, probably Laodicea on the Lycus), series 2, ca. 210-before 203 BC. Diademed head of Antiochus III right in dry style and incisively engraved, with long upper lip, break in bangs over forehead, diadem elaborately engraved with one end waving upward, the other falling over shoulder; beaded border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTI-OXOY, legend with large letters in provincial style, Apollo seated left on omphalus, testing arrow in right hand, left hand on grounded bow right behind. SC 992.1 var (bead-and-reel border). No examples of this or SC 992.1 found in sales archives.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 500-700 USD
SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus III the Great (222-187 BC). AR tetradrachm (33mm, 16.62 gm, 11h). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5, die shift.
"Sardes" (really a Phrygian mint, probably Laodicea on the Lycus), series 2, ca. 210-before 203 BC. Diademed head of Antiochus III right in dry style and incisively engraved, with long upper lip, break in bangs over forehead, diadem elaborately engraved with one end waving upward, the other falling over shoulder; beaded border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTI-OXOY, legend with large letters in provincial style, Apollo seated left on omphalus, testing arrow in right hand, left hand on grounded bow right behind. SC 992.1 var (bead-and-reel border). No examples of this or SC 992.1 found in sales archives.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 500-700 USD