SELEUKID KINGS. Antiochos I Soter, 281-261 BC. AE.
SELEUKID KINGS. Antiochos I Soter, 281-261 BC. AE (Bronze, 16 mm, 3.86 g, 3 h), Antiochia on the Orontes. Diademed head of Antiochos I to right. Rev. ANTIOXOY - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in his right hand and resting his left on grounded bow; to left, monogram of Δ, Ρ, Ω and Ο; to right, monogram of ΘΕ. HGC 9, 169. SC 351.1a. WSM 960. A splendid example with a beautiful black patina and an excellent portrait. Very minor roughness and with a thin flan crack, otherwise, about extremely fine.
From the H. A. Collection, Tradart 1, 12 December 1991, 194 and ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 6, 5 October 1989, 225
CHF 475.00

