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Greece/Seleucid; Demetrius II (First Reign) BCE 146-138



AE 20 mm, 5.91 g, 12h, Tyre mint, SE 168/BCE 145-144

SC 1968.2
Newell Tyre, 100

O: diad hd of Demetrius II r, diad ends falling straight behind, dotted border.

R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY in two lines in upper field, TYPIΩΝ L’Tsur (Of Tyre in Phoenician) in two lines in ex., stern of galley l., date LHΞP above, No controls.

Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus III BCE 223-187



AE 13 mm, 3,86 g, 12h, Sardes mint possibly after BCE 197

SC 983.6
WSM 1438, plt. lix, 15

O: laur hd of Apollo r, with corkscrew curls. 
R: [BΑ]ΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r and [A]NTIOXOY on l., Apollo stg l., testing arrow and resting elbow on tall tripod.

No controls. 

Ex: "D.Alighieri" Collection

Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus III BCE 223-187



AE 12 x 14 mm, 2.15 g, 12h, ΔΕ/Λ mint associated with Antioch, possibly before BCE 211

SC 1064B
WSM 1195

O: laur hd of Apollo r, dotted border.
R: [BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] on r and ANTIOXOY on l., Apollo stg l., testing arrow and resting l. hand on grounded bow. ΔΕ/Λ Primary control outer l., above.

Ι(long serifs) secondary control outer l., below.