Attica. Athens. New Style. c. 131/0 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.79g (11h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right; dotted border. Rx: Α-ΘΕ ΑΝΤΙ-ΟΧΟΣ ΚΑΡΑ/ΙΧΟΣ /ΠΡΩ/ΤΟΓ Οwl standing right, head facing, on fallen amphora. Z on amphora and ΣΦ in exergue, symbol of elephant below right inscription; all within wreath. Thompson 399 (obverse die). A new variant: third magistrate and month on amphora like Thompson 399a-b, ΣΦ below amphora like Thompson 399c-e. EF
Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Purchased from Freeman & Sear at NYINC, 19 January 2002
The magistrate Antiochus, connected with the elephant symbol, was long thought to be the Seleucid king Antiochus Epiphanes, who is known to have lived in Athens before his accession to the Syrian throne: see Thompson, pp. 158-160