HUGE New Tetradrachm of Antiochus VII (& My First Coin of 2017).

I purchased this Silver Tetradrachm of Antiochus VII today. The coin measures 28mm x 36mm, it has a weight of 16.0g. It is ex. Jonathan Kern, who sold it in the early to middle 1980s.

I was struck by the impressive size of the elliptical planchet and just had to have it!





For sake of comparison, here is another Tet of Antiochus VII from my collection:

 

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That is super cool!

I really like the large and unusual planchet as well.

 

Looks totally different from one another. I would never guess they are both Antiochus VII.

 

Great coin and nice comparisons, you can see how different they really are for being the same.

 

Very interesting! That's quite a whopper of a coin. I think most prefer round, but I'm drawn to oddly-shaped planchets as well. Here's an AtG tet that I bought partially because of its pleasing elliptical shape. I thought it had a lot of character despite its flaws and condition, and of course, these tend to be cheaper than less symmetrically-challenged examples .


MACEDONIAN KINGDOM
Alexander the Great
AR Tetradrachm. 17.4g, 32mm x 25.5mm. Pella mint, late lifetime or early posthumous issue, circa 325-315 BC. Price 245. O: Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. R: AΛEΞAN∆POY, Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle with closed wings; club in left field.

 

Great new addition and nothing like big silver to start off 2017!

Here's mine, for comparison:


Antiochus VII Euergetes, Seleucid Kingdom, BC 138-129
AR, tetradrachm, 16.59g, 30mm; 12h; Antioch
Obv.: Diademed head of Antiochus VII right
Rev.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EVEPΓETOY; Athena Nikephoros standing left; to outer left, monogram above A; all within wreath.

The noses on mine and your new one are similar.

 

Congrats Aethelred, here's another egg shaped one.

 

Aethelred => congrats on scoring that fantastic OP-winner!!

Sadly, I don't have a VII .... ummm, but I do have a VI and an VIII (wanna see 'em?)

VI



VIII

 

Great coin @Aethelred

Here is my "oddly shaped" planchet.

 

That is a cool denarius @Orfew

 

A couple of coins in my collection with unusual planchet shapes:


Poseidonia stater, c 430-420 BC, 17 X 21 mm



Gela tetradrachm, c 450-440 BC, nearly 30 mm at widest