Freeman & Sear - F&S Mail Bid Sale #11. Lot: 147
G4121

SELEUCID KINGDOM: Antiochus I Soter to Antiochus II 
Theos at Susa. AR tetradrachm (16.98 gm), Susa. 
Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress.
Zeus enthroned left, holding 
eagle and scepter, SEA monogram in left field, DUR 
monogram under throne. SC 603.3c. ESM 361. Inclusion on 
cheek and neck. Good very fine

Newell assigned this tetradrachm to Antiochus 
II because it is control linked to a bronze with his 
portrait (though the likeness is not entirely 
convincing). The obverse die link between this 
tetradrachm and the preceding indicates that the 
sequence of emission in ESM (and SC) should be revised, 
so the ESM 361–362 follow directly after ESM 354–355. 
This would seem to mark the point of transition from the 
reign of Antiochus I to that of Antiochus II. 
Estimated Value: $ 550 

Re-used by permission of Freeman and Sear, www.freemanandsear.com.