Syria, Seleucid Kingdom. Antiochos II, Theos, 261-246 BC. AV  
Stater (8.52 g), Miletos (?) mint, struck c. 250 BC. Struck in 
the name of Alexander. 

Head of Athena right, with crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a serpent.
Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm; monogram in left 
field, ALEXANDR[OY] at right. 

SC 548a = Price 3785 = A. Houghton, "Tarik Darreh (Kangavar) Hoard," ANSMN 25 (1980), 34 (this coin). 
Ex CNG 54 (6-14-00), lot 484; NFA II (3-25-76), lot 119; Tarik 
Darreh Hoard.

Images & text re-used by permission of Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers, Beverly Hills, sale May 26 2008, lot 048, item number 115703.