SELEUCID KINGDOM OF SYRIA.
ANTIOCHOS II THEOS, king 261-246 BC. Tetradrachm, Magnesia on the Meander. AR 17.21 g. Head r. with royal diadem. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ANT - IOXOY Apollo, nude, seated l. on the omphalos, holding bow in his extended r. hand, his l. hand resting on the seat; in exergue ΘE (monogram). Houghton-Lorber I, 192, 540.3b; Newell, WSM 285, 1473.
Scarce. Powerful portrait. High relief. Extremely fine

Provenance:
From a Swiss collection
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Fixed Price List / Winter 1993, 85.