★ A splendid tetradrachm of Antiochos IV ★

SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes, 175-164 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 34 mm, 16.74 g, 12 h), Antiochia on the Orontes, 168-164. Diademed head of Antiochos IV to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOΧOY - ΘEOY / EΠIΦANOYΣ - NIKHΦOPOY Zeus seated left, holding Nike in his right hand and long scepter in his left; to outer left, monogram of ΔI. SC 1400a. Fresh and sharp, a splendid coin. Minor die break on the obverse, otherwise, good extremely fine.

From a Bavarian collection, formed in the early 2000s.