Ancients
SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus III the Great (222-187 BC). AR tetradrachm (31mm, 16.99 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 3/5 - 3/5, die shift. Seleucia on the Tigris, 204 BC. Diademed head of Antiochus III right, in middle age but with fleshy, idealized features, tousled hair, break in bangs indicating incipient baldness at temple, horn over ear, rather stiff diadem ends at oblique angle from head; no border visible / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ANTIOXOY, elephant standing left, right foreleg raised; HAEP monogram in exergue, no border visible. SC 1170. Very rare - no example in sales archives.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-2000 USD