Tetradrachm of Antiochos I Soter of Syria, Seleucia on the Tigris
280 BCE-261 BCE
Artists
Description
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.
Dimensions
17.09 g
Provenance
Albert Hugh Lloyd and Muriel Eleanor Haydon Lloyd [1], UK, sold; [through Helbing, Munich, November 8, 1928, lot 4058]. Arthur Stone Dewing [2], Cambridge, MA (before 1965), lent; to Fogg Art Museum (from 1965) 1. Dr A. H. Lloyd (1864-1936) and his daughter M. E. Haydon Lloyd (-1939). See John Spring, Ancient Coin Auction Catalogues (2009), p. 112. 2. Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971). According to Dewing’s inventory card, “source unknown, probably Spink”.
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