SELEUKID KINGS. Antiochos III ‘the Great’, 222-187 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 29 mm, 16.90 g, 12 h), uncertain mint in northern Mesopotamia, 192/90-187. Diademed head of Antiochos III to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕⲰΣ - ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in his right hand and resting his left on grounded bow; to outer left, EP; to outer right, monogram. SC 1133.10 var. (reverse legend). An apparently unpublished variety. Struck from a worn obverse die, otherwise, good very fine.


This coin features the same types and control monograms of SC 1133.10, but the omega of the royal title is rendered in cursive form. This treatment of the legend together with the style of the obverse portrait closely links it to SC 1137, which was only tentatively associated with the 'uncertain mint 68', the mint of SC 1133. The relationship of the present piece to both series makes a strong case for including SC 1137 as part of the regular output of the 'uncertain mint 68'.