SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos III 'the Great'. 222-187 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.13 g, 12h). Uncertain mint. Struck circa 197-192/0 BC. Diademed head right (Type D) / Elephant standing right; no control marks. SC 1068 var. (Type E portrait); Houghton, Elephants, –; HGC 9, 453b. Lightly toned, small edge chip on reverse. Good VF. Unpublished with this portrait type.
Previously, the elephant drachms were known to have been struck with portrait types Aii (SC 1065–6), B (SC 1068), and E (SC 1136). This is the first example known with portrait Type D.