Ancients
SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus III the Great (222-187 BC). AR tetradrachm (30mm, 16.74 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Uncertain Mint 57, in Phrygia, perhaps Synnada (?), ca. from 203 BC. Diademed head of Antiochus III right, somewhat idealized with assertive nose, tightly manicured hair but receding hairline, break in bangs, one diadem tie waving upward, the other falling forward over shoulder, bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ | ANTI-OXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalus, testing arrow in right hand, left hand on grounded bow right behind, AVK monogram stacked vertically in the left field. SC -, cf. SC 1005 for similar portrait. Unpublished.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 600-800 USD