AR, tetradrachm, year 3 of the Caesarean Era (= 47/46 BC), ANTIOCHIA

AR, tetradrachm, year 3 of the Caesarean Era (= 47/46 BC), ANTIOCHIA, in the name and types of the Seleucid king Philippos I. Philadelphos,

27 mm, 15.55 g.

Diademed head of Philippos r.//[B]AΣIΛEΩΣ / ΦIΛIΠΠΟV – EΠIΦΑΝΟV[Σ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ], Zeus Nikephorus enthroned l. thunderbold under throne, city monogram AVNT (Ἀντιοχέωναὐτονόμων) to lower inner left, in exergue date Γ (= 3), all within laurel wreath.

Houghton/Lorber/Hoover 2491.1; McAlee 4; Prieur 4; RPC 4127.


Extremely fine

Ex Italo Vecchi 15, London 1999, lot 525.