Iraq Tetradrachm 265-264 B.C. The Seleucid Empire. gFine-aVF

Antiochus I Soter ('Savior') 294-261 B.C.
Seleucia on the Tigris. The Tigris river in Iraq, 20 kilometres south of modern day Baghdad, is the site of Seleucia-on-the-Trigris. Its inception was part of the Hellenistic colonialization of the Middle East, the result of Alexander the Great's campaigns.
AR Tetradrachm circa 265-264 B.C.
Obverse: Diademed head of Antiochus I right.
Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ
Reverse: Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow held in his right hand and resting his left on bow set on the ground; to left monogram AP, in the right field monogram MZ (on side, 'Z' ?).

 

 

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