Watch List notes:

Seleucid Kingdom. Antiochus III. 223-187 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.96g (1h). Antioch on the Orontes, Series 2, c. 211/10-209/8 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right (type B), of dry, naturalistic style, with mature features, (small eye, pointed nose, tight lips), bangs beginning to thin at temple. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting left hand on bow, with grip marked by four pellets. Monogram in outer left field. SC 1043.9. WSM 1073. Le Rider, Antioche, p. 127 f., 21-23, pl. 13, 16. Exquisite portrait. EF



This very rare issue from the Antiochene mint displays the portrait of the ruler in his prime, soon after his victorious campaign against Armenia. The style is extraordinarily fine, conveying the king's resolution in the face of the hard decisions that he continually had to make