Live auction - bgr_966229 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS I SOTER Tétradrachme
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 264-263 AC.
Mint name / Town : Babylonie, Séleucie du Tigre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 17,02 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait d’Antiochus, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers de style fin. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Antiochus Ier, à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Apollon nu assis à gauche sur l'omphalos, tenant de la main droite une flèche et appuyé sur son arc de la gauche ; de chaque côté, un monogramme.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// ANT-IOCOU/ (MUT)/ (MWT).
Reverse translation : (du roi Antiochus).