Syria, Antiochos V (son of Antiochos IV), Tetradrachm, 16.0 gms., mint of Akko-Ptolemais, 164-162 BC, diademed head of Antiochos V right, monogram behind, rev. nude Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding bow and arrow, monograms in field and exergue, legend in field (Houghton CSE 773), good very fine, obverse softly struck, a rare issue with perhaps fewer than twenty examples known

Syria, Antiochos V (son of Antiochos IV), Tetradrachm, 16.0 gms., mint of Akko-Ptolemais, 164-162 BC, diademed head of Antiochos V right, monogram behind, rev. nude Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding bow and arrow, monograms in field and exergue, legend in field (Houghton CSE 773), good very fine, obverse softly struck, a rare issue with perhaps fewer than twenty examples known

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Syria, Antiochos V (son of Antiochos IV), Tetradrachm, 16.0 gms., mint of Akko-Ptolemais, 164-162 BC, diademed head of Antiochos V right, monogram behind, rev. nude Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding bow and arrow, monograms in field and exergue, legend in field (Houghton CSE 773), good very fine, obverse softly struck, a rare issue with perhaps fewer than twenty examples known

Lot Essay

This issue was formerly attributed to Antiochos, son of Seleukus IV, but has been convincingly re-attributed to Antiochos V based on a monogram link with the Akko-Ptolemais coinage of Antiochos IV. The issue may have been struck to herald the association of young Antiochos V with his father at about the time he embarked on his Parthian campaign.