SH95968. Silver tetradrachm, Houghton-Lorber II 1575(1); Newell SMA 74; SNG Spaer 1243; Houghton CSE 136; BMC Seleucid p. 44, 3; HGC 9 752, VF, toned, excellent portrait, light marks, edge chip, areas of slightest corrosion, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 15.537g, maximum diameter 30.9mm, die axis 0
o, 164 - 162 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Antiochos V right, diadem ends fall straight behind, fillet border; reverse Zeus seated left, himation around hips and legs and over left arm, Victory in extended right hand crowning name, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) downward on right, ANTIOXOY downward on left, EYΠATOPOΣ (of a good father) in exergue, ΔI monogram outer left; from the Errett Bishop Collection;
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