SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos III ‘the Great’. 222-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.66 g, 11h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Series 4, circa 197-187 BC. VF.

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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos III ‘the Great’. 222-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.66 g, 11h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Series 4, circa 197-187 BC. Diademed head (Type D) right / Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; anchor to outer left. SC 1045.4; Le Rider, Antioche, 112–25 (obv. die A8); HGC 9, 447u; Dow, ACTTB, p. 108 (this coin). Patchy tone, some granularity and light roughness. VF.

From the Joseph A. Dow Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 57 (4 April 2001), lot 569.

The present coin is published in Joseph A. Dow, Ancient Coins Through the Bible (Mustang, OK: Tate, 2011), in the chapter The Greek Empire. CNG is pleased to offer coins from the collection of the author here, and in subsequent electronic auctions.

Closing Date and Time: 18 February 2026 at 11:36:00 ET.

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