SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus III the Great (222-187 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 16.67 gm, 12h). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5, brushed. "Sardes" (really a Phrygian mint, probably Laodicea on the Lycus), series 3, from 203 BC. Diademed head of Antiochus III right with youthful features but very shallow eye, break in bangs indicating incipient baldness at temple, horn over ear, one diadem end waving upward, the other falling straight behind; dotted border / BAΣ-IΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY (N retrograde), Apollo seated right on omphalus, testing arrow in left hand, right hand resting on grounded compound bow behind. SC 997. HID09801242017 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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