SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.96 g, 12h). Magnesia ad Sipylum mint.

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Lot: 234. Estimated: $ 500

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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.96 g, 12h). Magnesia ad Sipylum mint. Diademed head right / Herakles seated left on rock, lion's skin draped over rock, holding club set on ground; two monograms in exergue. SC 318a; WSM 1456 (A1/P1); HGC 9, 129. Toned, some marks and scratches. VF.

From the Sigmund Collection.

In WSM, Newell notes (p. 273) that the engraver of this splendid obverse die, known to Newell from just a single example, was surely the same artist who engraved a small number of superb portraits at Smyrna (WSM 1493-4). Newell further points out that this is one of the earliest issues of the weary Herakles type, which was introduced toward the close of Antiochos I’s reign. The significance of the design is uncertain but may reflect the personal situation of the aging Antiochos, resting like Herakles after many labors.

Closing Date and Time: 1 June 2022 at 11:17:40 ET.

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