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Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus II Theos BCE 261-246



AE 14 mm, 2.08 g, Sardes mint.

SC 528.8 or .9,  HSC 278  (R1-R2)

O: Laureate hd of Apollo r., with long wavy locks or loose spiral curls flowing down the back of neck, sometimes with tight roll beneath wreath.

R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (on r.) ANTIOXOY (on l.)  kithara usually with symbol (in this case an anchor) below facing r.

controls on outer r. and l. 


Ex: D. Alighieri Collection