Seleukis and Pieria, Apameia on the Orontes(?) PB "Tetradrachm". Dated SE 298 = 15/4 BC. Diademed head of Zeus right / [AΠ]AME[ΩN] THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, Nike advancing left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand and palm in left; ΘP(retr.)Σ (date) in inner left field. Cf. Bertolami E-31, lot 126 for a PB muled "tetradrachm" of Syracuse and Akragas; cf. Roma E-35, lot 204 for a PB "tetradrachm" of Lysimachos. 17.04g, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. An extremely interesting lead 'tetradrachm', the types of which are closely associated with the known issues of Apameia and yet is seemingly unpublished.
From a private North American collection.