PHILIP PHILADELPHUS SILVER TETRADRACHM – PUBLISHED SPECIMEN EX PETER JONES COLLECTION – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED GREEK SELEUCID KINGDOM COIN (Inv. 21111)

$650.00

21111. SELEUCID KINGDOM. PHILIP PHILADELPHUS, 95–76 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 15.93 g, 26 mm. Issue of Antioch on the Orontes, ca. 88–76 BC.
Obv. Diademed head of Philip right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟY, Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike, monogram under throne.
SC 2463.2a; HGC 9, 1319.
Ex Peter Jones Collection, published: Peter Jones, Greek Coin Art, p. 247 (full page illustration).
NGC CHOICE VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, “brushed.” A coin struck by a little–known king, whose coinage had an out–sized impact on the Romans who took over the region and were impressed by his coinage and continued to strike imitations of the same type.