CARIA. Antioch ad Maeandrum. Circa 85-65/60 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 16.13 g, 12 h), Diotrephes, magistrate for the first time. Laureate head of Apollo to right with bow and quiver over his shoulder. Rev. ANTIOXE/ΩN - [Δ]IOTPΕΦΗΣ Zebu bull standing left on maeander pattern. BMC -. HN online 1528 (three specimens). Leschhorn, Lexicon of Greek Coin Inscriptions -. Leu 3 (2018), 102 (same obverse die). McClean -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Lockett -. SNG von Aulock -. Thonemann (forthcoming) prov. Group B, 3.e (O5/R8, this coin). Weber -. Winterthur -. Very rare, one of just six known examples. A lovely issue from Diotrephes' first term as magistrate. Very fine.
For a note on the sophist and magistrate Diotrephes, see the introduction on p. 144 in the printed catalogue