Lot 2261

AR Tetradrachm (Seleucia on the Tigris, first Reign, before the Revolt of Melon, c 223-221 BC, 16.56 g) - Diademed head of Antiochus III right, the diadem-ends flutter out behind. / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on right, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ on left, Nude Apollo seated left on omphalos, slight drapery on right thigh, holding arrow in right hand, left hand resting on bow, Control marks in outer left and right fields and in exergue. Rare. (Newell ESM 222, pl. XVIII-3; ZENO 271346) - slight corrosion spots near edge which doesn’t effects the fine portrait. good VF