ANTIOCHUS I SILVER TETRADRACHMS – RARE ISSUE FROM AI KHANOUM – GOOD VF SELEUCID KINGDOM COIN (Inv. 21085)

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21085. SELEUCID KINGDOM. ANTIOCHUS I, 281–261 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 16.95 g, 24 mm. Issue of Aï Khanoum.
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, OΔI control monogram in left field.
SC 438.1b; ESM 705.
Ex David MacDonald Collection.
Good VF, die crack forming on the obverse at right. Extremely rare variety, with only eight specimens on CoinArchives.