Watch List notes:

SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos II Theos, 261-246 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 17.00 g, 1 h), Myrina. Diademed head of Antiochos II to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ANTIOXOY Herakles seated left on lion skin draped on large rock, holding club set on his left foot in his right hand and leaning left on rock; to outer left, amhora; to lower right, Φ. SC 500.1a. WSM 1527. Rare and with a lovely portrait struck on a very broad flan. Minor marks and scratches, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, ex Münzen & Medaillen AG 88, 17 May 1999, 271 (with original dealer's flip) and Münzen & Medaillen AG FPL 239, 1964, 5.