AR, tetradrachm, year 25 of the Caesarean Era (=25/24 BC), ANTIOCHIA
Collection Dr. W. R. - From the Civil Wars of the Late Roman Republic to the Beginnings of the Roman Empire
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AR, tetradrachm, year 25 of the Caesarean Era (=25/24 BC), ANTIOCHIA, Proconsul M. Terentius Varro, in the name and types of the Seleucid king Philippos I Philadelphos,
25 mm, 15.10 g.
Diademed head of Philippos r.//[B]AΣIΛE[ΩΣ] / ΦIΛIΠΠΟ[V] – [E]ΠIΦΑΝΟΥVΣ] / [ΦIAΔEΛΦΟΥ], Zeus Nikephorus enthroned l. monogram below throne, city monogram ANT to lower inner left, in exergue KE (= year 25), all within laurel wreath.
Hoover 1360 o; Houghton/Lorber/Hoover 2491.15; McAlee 18; Prieur 18; RPC 4141.
Sightly corroded, good very fine
Ex CNG Electronic Auction 357, Lancaster 2015, lot 255.