Seleucid 281BC-261BC Antiochus I Soter Tetradrachm

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Coin Type:AR Tetradrachm
Grade:aVF
Year:281BC
Metal:Silver
Diameter (approx):28mm
Mass (approx):17.02g
Obverse:Diademed portrait of Antiochus I right
Reverse:Apollo, drapery on right thigh, seated on omphalos holding arrow. Control marks in left and right field. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

Antiochus I Soter AR Tetradrachm. 281BC-261BC. SC-379.3c. Selucia on the Tigris.

Posthumous Alexander the Great tetradrachm struck in Selucia on the Tigris which was located in modern Iraq near Baghdad. Seleucia was founded by one of Alexander the Great’s generals, the empire spanning across Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and central Asia.

Supplied in an archival SAFLIP.

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