Watch List notes:

Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AR Tetradrachm. Antioch, circa 166/5 BC. Laureate head of Apollo to right / Apollo, wearing long peplos, standing facing right, holding patera and kithara; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY to right, EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKHΦOPOY to left. SC 1401; Newell, SMA 64; Houghton 110; Gulbenkian 1040. 16.62g, 32mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Very Rare.

Issued for the Panhellenic festival celebrated in the sanctuary of Apollo at Daphne, near Antioch, only around 15 examples of this exceptionally beautiful issue are known to have survived antiquity.