ANTIOCHUS II SILVER DRACHM – ANTIOCH ISSUE WITH UNNOTICED RECUT CONTROL MONOGRAM – GOOD VF GREEK SELEUCID COIN (Inv. 21112)

$750.00

21112. SELEUCID KINGDOM. ANTIOCHUS II, ca. 261–246 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 16.92, 28 mm. Issue of Antioch on the Orontes.
Obv. Diademed head of Antiochus II right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in right hand and resting left hand on grounded bow, KAT/MY? control in outer left field, ΔI in outer right.
SC 571.1a; HGC 9, 238o; Le Rider, Antioche 18–19 (A2/P11).
Ex Pegasi Auctions, Auction XXXIX, 11/13/2018, lot 194.
NGC graded CHOICE VF.

This specimen shows a recut control that has not been noticed in the literature before. Neither SC nor Le Rider note it, even though specimens of the recut are occasionally encountered. It appears that the KAT control seen on this die is recut over an earlier monogram employing either an alpha or mu as principal element. A similar recut control is recorded for SC 571.2 in the outer right controls, suggesting that the mint had to adjust dies in a hurry to meet the production schedule.