Seleucid Kings of Syria
Antiochus I Soter (280–261 BC) Silver Tetradrachm
Weight 16.9 g. Diameter 29 mm. Seleucia on the Tigris mint.
Obverse: Diademed but of Antiochos I Soter, superb portrait. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXΟΥ,
Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on bow, monograms in outer
left and right fields. Powerful portrait in high relief of a great Seleucid king, the first of the
many Antiochos' to come.
$850