Tetradrachm of Antiochos III the Great of Syria
r. 223-187 BCE
Antiochos III the Great
Greek
Obv.: Diademed head of Antiochos III r., of more naturalistic style, with smaller eye, receding chin and somewhat sharper features, hair still touseled, hairline receding markedly at temple, on diadem end waving upward behind, the other falling forward over shoulder, fillet border
Rev.: Apollo seated l. on omphalos, slight drapery on r. thigh, testing an arrow in r. hand, l. hand resting on grounded bow. To r., monogram
Silver
Seleucid period