SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.06 g, 12h). ® mint in Commagene or Mesopotamia. Struck circa mid/late 240s-230s BC. Diademed head right / Apollo, testing arrow, standing left, leaning on tripod to right; monogram to outer left. SC Ad182.1a corr. (mint); Houghton, New 18 (A4/P3 – this coin); HGC 9, 303kk corr. (mint). Lightly toned, a few marks. Good VF. Very rare, one of only 11 examples recorded for this issue.
From the MNL Collection, purchased from Klassische Münzen, 23 December 2010. Ex Antike Numismatik (Dr. Michael Brandt) FPL (June 2007), no. 2; 2002 'Seleucus III Hoard'.