SH82661. Silver tetradrachm, Houghton-Lorber I 379(3)b, Newell ESM 152 (slightly different form of right monogram), HGC 9 128g, attractive VF, excellent portrait, elegant Apollo, light toning, bumps and marks, reverse slightly off center, Seleukeia on the Tigris (south of Baghdad, Iraq) mint, weight 17.110g, maximum diameter 29.8mm, die axis 135
o, 281 - 261 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Antiochos II right, eyes to heaven; reverse Apollo seated left on omphalos, nude but for drapery over thighs, examining arrow in right hand, resting left hand on grounded bow behind, BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) downward on right, ANT-IOXOY downward on left, ΛP monogram outer left, monogram outer right; ex Leu Numismatik web auction 3 (25 Feb 2018), lot 417 (From a European collection, formed before 2005);
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