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Auction 54 11 Jan 2022
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Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos III. Silver Tetradrachm (16.95 g), 223-187 BC. Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor, perhaps Kyme, probably ca. 203 BC. Diademed head of Antiochos III right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; in left field, eagle's head left. SC 964; WSM 1698; CSE 678 (this coin); HGC 9, 447d. Very Rare. Fine high relief style and perfectly centered. Lightly toned. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $750 - UP
This portrait was imitated in Phrygia (cf. SC 1002), and according to Houghton and Lorber both the original coins and the imitations are found overstruck. Newell was able to show that one of the imitations was overstruck on a tetradrachm of Antiochos III from Susa that is datable to the period before Antiochos' expedition to the Upper Satrapies. The eagle symbol found on the reverse of this tetradrachm was the civic badge of Kyme in Aiolis (cf. SNG Copenhagen 31), which formerly had been a Seleukid possession and may have been recovered by Antiochos III in the campaign of 197 BC.
Peter Corcoran Collection, Purchased privately from Brian Kritt in November 2006; Ex Arthur Houghton Collection.
This portrait was imitated in Phrygia (cf. SC 1002), and according to Houghton and Lorber both the original coins and the imitations are found overstruck. Newell was able to show that one of the imitations was overstruck on a tetradrachm of Antiochos III from Susa that is datable to the period before Antiochos' expedition to the Upper Satrapies. The eagle symbol found on the reverse of this tetradrachm was the civic badge of Kyme in Aiolis (cf. SNG Copenhagen 31), which formerly had been a Seleukid possession and may have been recovered by Antiochos III in the campaign of 197 BC.
Peter Corcoran Collection, Purchased privately from Brian Kritt in November 2006; Ex Arthur Houghton Collection.