SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos III 'the Great'. 222-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.37 g, 12h). Uncertain mint 68, in northern Mesopotamia. Struck circa 192/0-187 BC. Diademed head right (Type E) / BAΣIΛE[ΩΣ] ANTIOXOY, elephant standing right; EΣ to right. SC 1135.1 (this coin referenced); Houghton Elephants, Group 8, 93 corr. (weight; A4/P9 – this coin); WSM –; HGC 9, 451c. Toned, surfaces a little porous, minor flan flaw on obverse. VF. Extremely rare, only one noted by Houghton (this coin), three additional in CoinArchives.
From the MNL Collection. Ex Richard P. Miller Collection (Gemini XI, 12 January 2014), lot 278; Gemini II (10 January 2006), lot 134; Arthur Houghton Collection.