SELEUKID KINGS. Antiochos III ‘the Great’, 222-187 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 17.10 g, 12 h), ΔI mint, after circa 197. Diademed head of Antiochos III to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ANTIOXOΛ [sic] Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in his right hand and resting his left on grounded bow; in exergue, ΔI. SC -, cf. 1112 (differing legend and treatment of diadem ends). Apparently unpublished. A few light marks, otherwise, good very fine.


This remarkable variety of SC 1112 features Antiochos III's Type D portrait but with the slightly curving diadem ends of SC 1113 (Type E portrait) and an erroneous spelling of the royal name. While the misspelling might suggest a contemporary counterfeit, in all other regards this piece looks like an official issue of the ΔI mint.