Watch List notes:

Seleucid Kingdom. Antiochus III. 223-187 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.99g (12h). Antioch, Series 3, c. 204-197 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Fillet border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Letters Ω (upside down) and P in outer left field. SC 1044.1 (same obverse die). Exquisite reverse. EF



Struck just before or in the course of the Third Syrian War (202-195 BC) between the Seleucid and Ptolemaic empires, when Antiochus III was at the height of his power and glory.