ANTIOCHUS II SILVER TETRADRACHM – ISSUE OF ALEXANDRIA TROAS PUBLISHED BY ELLIS-EVANS – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED GREEK SELEUCID KINGDOM PROVENANCED AND PUBLISHED COIN (Inv. 21485)

$1,250.00

21485. SELEUCID EMPIRE. ANTIOCHUS II, 261–246 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 16.67 g, 31 mm. Issue of Alexandria Troas.
Obv. Diademed head of Antiochus I right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in right hand, and resting left on grounded bow; HMO monogram in outer left field and oE monogram in outer right field, horse grazing right in exergue.
SC 490; HGC 9, 236c.
Published: Ellis-Evans, Alexandria Troas, p. 114, O1/R2 (6) (this coin cited).
Ex Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection = Heritage 231450, 12/11/2014, lot 62012 = Heritage 3032, 4/10/2014, lot 23295 = Stack’s 12/8/1993, lot 2109.
NGC CHOICE VF, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, “die shift,” rare issue with four others listed in market records.