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SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos III 'the Great', 222-187 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 17.16 g, 12 h), Tarsos, circa 216-213 (?). Diademed head of Antiochos III to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ANTIOXOY Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in his right hand and resting his left on grounded bow; to outer left and right, monograms; in exergue, bow in bowcase. SC 1026.2. WSM 1262. Boldly struck in high relief and with a particularly noble portrait. Good very fine.
From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, ex Leu 54, 28 April 1992, 168 and Hess-Leu 19, 12-13 April 1962, 347, and from the collection of Major-General H.L. Haughton, Sotheby's, 30 April-1 May 1958, 175.
Houghton & Lorber tentatively associate this emission with the financing of Antiochos' campaign in Asia Minor in 216-213 BC, during which the king defeated the usurper Achaios and had him mercilessly executed in 213 BC.
From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, ex Leu 54, 28 April 1992, 168 and Hess-Leu 19, 12-13 April 1962, 347, and from the collection of Major-General H.L. Haughton, Sotheby's, 30 April-1 May 1958, 175.
Houghton & Lorber tentatively associate this emission with the financing of Antiochos' campaign in Asia Minor in 216-213 BC, during which the king defeated the usurper Achaios and had him mercilessly executed in 213 BC.