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Antiochus III the Great (222-187 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 16.97 gm, 1h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5. Antioch on the Orontes, Series 4, ca. after 197 BC. After the Punic War. But a much nicer coin to look at than my other examples of this ruler.
Struck 223-211/10 BC under Antiochus III the Great (222-187 BC). a big silver tetradrachm (28mm, 11h). Struck at Antioch on the Orontes, 1st series. This coin was struck sometime before the start of, or in the first half of, the Second Punic War. Hannibal was ascendant. In 217 BC within months of Rome's defeat by Hannibal at the battle of Lake Trasimino, Antiochos III suffered his own defeat by Ptolemy IV at the Battle of Raphia in the modern day Gaza strip.
Diademed head of Antiochus III right with naturalistic style, smaller eye, receding chin and somewhat sharper features, hair tousled, hairline receding markedly at temple, one diadem tie upward behind, the other falling across shoulder; bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANT-IOXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalus, right leg drawn back, testing arrow in right hand, left hand on grounded bow right with no grip or pellets. No Symbols. SC 1045.5.