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Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus III BCE 223-187

AE 15 mm, 3.18 g, Ecbatana mint, c. BCE 220-187
SC 1239.1 variety

O: diad. hd of Antiochus III r.(?)
R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r., ANTIOXOY on l., Apollo std l., on omphalos, testing arrow, and resting l. hand on grounded bow, dotted border if visible.

Outer right control visible in hand.

Acquisition: 2009 from a larger lot said to have been found in Afghanistan.