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Tetradrachm of Antiochos III the Great of Syria

Tetradrachm of Antiochos III the Great of Syria

r. 222-187 BCE

Antiochus III the Great

Hellenistic

Obv.: Youthful head of Antiochos III r,, wearing diadem. Rev.: Apollo, nude, seated on omphalos, l., testing arrow with r. hand and resting l. on grounded bow; in field at l., monogram like an alpha with arc under bar; at r., an 'N'; beneath omphalos, a club.

Silver

Seleucid period

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