Watch List notes:

20th Century Copy by Orphanides(?): Seleukid Empire, Antiochos Hierax AR Tetradrachm. Ilium, circa 246-227 BC. Head of Antiochos Hierax to right, wearing winged diadem / Apollo Delphios seated to left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting left hand on grounded bow; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ to left, owl to right in exergue. For prototype cf. SC 871. 12.28g, 33mm, 2h.

Condition as seen. An interesting piece possibly by the mysterious Orphanides, an extremely talented forger active from the 1930s through 1960s.

From a private English collection.