SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos, son of Seleukos IV. Circa 175-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.75 gm, 1h). Antioch mint. Diademed head right /
BASILEWS ANTIOCOU, Apollo seated left on omphalos, nude but for slight drapery on right thigh, holding three arrows in right hand, left hand resting on bow; tripod to left, HP monogram in exergue. SNG Spaer 956 var. (monogram; same obverse die); Le Rider,
Antioche 1-4 (obv. die A1); SMA 45; Houghton 93 var. (same; same obverse die). VF, toned. Very rare.
The young Antiochos was the victim of a power play between Heliodoros, his father's chief minister, and his own uncle, who became Antiochos IV.