Description
Ptolemaïs, 167-164 BC. AR tetradrachm, 17.01 gr., 30 mm.
Obv.: diademed head of Antiochos IV to the right, AB monogram behind; fillet border.
Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ; Zeus seated to the left, holding crowning Nike in outstretched right hand and long sceptre in his left; in outer left field: palm branch, in exergue: AB-monogram, I, and HP-monogram.
Ref.: SC 1476.1b; Mørkholm 7. Acquired privately from Tradart.
Attractively toned. Good very fine.
