ANTIOCHUS I SILVER TETRADRACHM – ATTRACTIVE ROTATED DOUBLE STRIKE – NGC VF GREEK SELEUCID KINGDOM COIN (Inv. 21587)

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21587. SELEUCID KINGDOM. ANTIOCHUS I, 281–261 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 17.00 g, 32 mm. Issue of Seleucia on the Tigris, ca. 281-280 BC.
Obverse: Diademed head of Antiochus I right. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in right hand and resting left hand on grounded bow, MOI monogram in outer left field, ΔΩP monogram in outer right field.
SC 379.5b.
NGC VF, Strike 3/5, Surface 3/5, “brushed,” “double-struck with rotation.” An impressive error, where the second strike was rotated 90 degrees clockwise relative to the previous one whose contour remains quite evident.