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Tetradrachm of Antiochos I Soter of Syria, Seleucia on the Tigris

Tetradrachm of Antiochos I Soter of Syria, Seleucia on the Tigris

r. 281-261 BCE

Antiochos I Soter

Greek

Obv.: Diademed head of Antiochos r., border of dots. Rev.: Naked Apollo, slight drapery on r. thigh, seated l. on omphalos, holding arrow and resting l. hand on grounded bow; to l., monogram, to right, another monogram. Border of dots.

Silver

Seleucid period

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