★ Beautifully toned and with a bold and dramatic portrait struck in high relief ★

SELEUKID KINGS. Antiochos I Soter, 281-261 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 17.11 g, 10 h), Seleukeia on the Tigris. Diademed head of Antiochos I to right. Rev. ΒAΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ANTIOXOY Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in his right hand and resting his left on grounded bow; in fields to outer left and right, monograms. ESM 177. SC 379.6c. Beautifully toned and with a bold and dramatic portrait struck in high relief. A few light marks and with very minor doubling on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the Basileiai Hellēnikai Collection of Exceptional Tetradrachms and from the America Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica 97, 12 December 2016, 302, ex Classical Numismatic Group 99, 13 May 2015, 324.