Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 3342 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $300
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SYRIA, Kingdom of, Antiochus I, (280-261 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.480 grams), Series II Group B, Seleucia on Tigris mint, issued 274-270 B.C., obv. diademed head of Antiochus I to right, rev. Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow, on right **BASILEWS, to left **ANTIOCOU*, to left and right monograms, (cf.S.6866, SC 379.3a, Newell ESM 149, SNG Israel (Spaer) 289, BMC 6, Pozzi 2931, Weber 7843). High relief, bright, some porosity, otherwise nearly very fine and very scarce.
Ex 'Seleucid Hoard' 2003. Newell notes a total of 24 tetradrachms of this type some in public collections.
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