SH92895. Silver tetradrachm, Houghton-Lorber I 379(3)c; Newell ESM 155; Houghton CSE 952; SNG Spaer 290; BMC Seleucid p. 9, 7; HGC 9 128g,
Choice gVF, well centered and struck with very high sculptural relief dies, flow lines, light marks, edge bump, Seleukeia on the Tigris (south of Baghdad, Iraq) mint, weight 16.982g, maximum diameter 27.8mm, die axis 270
o, 280 - 261 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Antiochus I right; reverse Apollo seated left on omphalos, nude but for drapery over right thigh, examining arrow in right hand, resting left hand on grounded bow behind, BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) downward on right, ANTIOXOY downward on left, AP monogram outer left, XAT monogram within circle outer right;
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