Seleucid Kings of Syria
Antiochus I Soter (280–261 BC) Silver Tetradrachm
Weight 16.6 g. Diameter 30 mm.
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. Nice portrait in high relief of a great Seleucid king, the first of the many Antiochos' to come, well
centered on a large 30 mm flan.
$325