SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AV Stater (17.5mm, 8.47 g, 6h). Aï Khanoum mint. Struck circa 266-261 BC. Diademed head right, with rejuvenated and idealized features / Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; ∆ to inner left below arrow. SC 436.6; SMAK A1SA-17 (A13/P15); HGC 9, 122; SNG Copenhagen 60 (same dies). Slightly compact flan, scrapes and scratches. VF. Very rare. Ex Vilmar Numismaics inventory 8373 (2014); Heritage 3032 (10 April 2014), lot 23288; Künker 236 (7 October 2013), lot 648.
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