SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos IV Philopator. 187-175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.88 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Struck circa 180-175 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; palm frond to outer left, AB monogram to inner left, IA in exergue. SC 1331a; Le Rider, Séleucos 85 (D1/R2); HGC 9, 580h. Struck with slightly worn obverse die, double struck on reverse. Good VF. Rare. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 87 (18 May 2011), lot 622.
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