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Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus III BCE 222-187


AE 13 mm, 2.32 g, Sardes mint.

SC 977.1,  HSC 517  (R1-R2), WSM 1112, pl. xxxi, 10

O: Laureate hd of Apollo r., with hair knotted in krobylos behind, long wavy locks falling loose on neck. fillet border. 

R: ΒΑΣΙ[ΛΕΩΣ] (above.) ANTIOX[OY] (below.)  elephant l., with trunk draped over tusk. 

controls none visible. 


Ex: D. Alighieri Collection