CARIA. Antioch ad Maeandrum. Circa 85-65/60 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 16.10 g, 12 h), Diotrephes, magistrate 'for the fourth time'. Laureate head of Apollo to right with bow and quiver over his shoulder. Rev. ANTIOXEΩN - ΔIOTPΕΦΗΣ / TOTETAPTON Zebu bull standing left; all within maeander pattern. BMC -. HN online -. Leschhorn, Lexicon of Greek Coin Inscriptions -. McClean -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Lockett -. SNG von Aulock -. Thonemann (forthcoming) prov. Group B, 5.a (O8/R13, this coin). Weber -. Winterthur -. Unique and unpublished save for the forthcoming Thonemann article. A beautifully centered coin of wonderful late Hellenistic style. Minor surface marks, otherwise, good very fine.
This is the first known tetradrachm of Diotrephes' fourth term in office