SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AV Stater (8.49 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Struck circa 244-225 BC. 
Diademed head right
BASILEWS SELEYKOY, Apollo standing left, testing arrow held 
in right hand, left hand placed on bow set on ground; 
monograms to outer left and right. 

SC 687.1 (this coin); Le Rider, Antioche 1 (A1/P1 - this 
coin illustrated) = Houghton 43 (this coin); WSM 995 var. 
(same obv. die, different control marks). 
Near EF, light marks, obverse a little off center. Rare.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 31 (9 September 1994), lot 402; Arthur A. Houghton Collection, 43; Numismatic Fine Arts 16 (2 December 1985), lot 239.

Classical Numismatic Group Triton XIII Auction, 5 January 2010. Lot number: 223
Price realized: 15,000 USD + buyer's fees.

Estimate: 5000 USD
Used with permission of CNG coins, www.cngcoins.com, Jul, 2010