Watch List notes:

SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos I Soter, joint reign with Seleukos I, 294-281 BC. Drachm (Silver, 17 mm, 4.04 g, 12 h), uncertain mint in Drangiana. Bust of Alexander the Great, with the features of Seleukos, as Dionysos to right, wearing Attic helmet covered with a panther skin and adorned with bull's ear and horns, ear guards lowered and panther skin tied around neck. Rev. [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] - ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟ[Y] Nike standing right, placing wreath on top of a trophy of arms to her right. SC 226a. Very rare. Test cut on the edge, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, formed since the 1970s, privately acquired from Frank S. Robinson (with original dealer's ticket).