SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos IV Philopator. 187-175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.68 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Struck circa 180-175 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, nude, seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; palm frond to outer left, monogram to inner left, IA in exergue. SC 1331a; Le Rider, Séleucos 103–5 (D1/R7); HGC 9, 580h. Deeply toned, traces of find patina and light scratches on reverse. Good VF. Rare.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Superior (8 December 1995), lot 834.