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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Magnus Maximus, post: 4465649, member: 73473&quot;]I currently have two tetradrachms of Antiochus II Theos; both depicting his father Antiochus I Soter. Antiochus II likely continued to use his father&#039;s portraits on his coins as a sign of continuity and legitimacy.&nbsp; I have been keeping my eye on a few coins with his portrait but many of them were way above my price range. I saw this guy earlier today and sent the dealer a low ball bid, about $90 below what he was asking, and to my surprise he accepted.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did a write up on him about two months ago which can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/antiochus-ii-theos-tetradrachm-redux.357195/#post-4283901" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/antiochus-ii-theos-tetradrachm-redux.357195/#post-4283901">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/antiochus-ii-theos-tetradrachm-redux.357195/#post-4283901</a></p><p><br /></p><p>To sum that article up, Antiochus II allied himself with Antigonus II of Macedon and successfully checked Ptolemaic expansion in Syria, the Aegean, and Anatolia. The Seleucid state was the pre-eminent hellenistic superpower by the time he died in 246 BCE.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112102[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Material: Silver</p><p>Weight: 16.85 g</p><p>Syria, Antiochus II; 261-246 BC, Perhaps Tralles, Tetradrachm, 16.85g. SC-534.2. Obv: Diademed head of Antiochus II r. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo, slight drapery on r. thigh, seated l. on omphalos, testing arrow and resting l. hand on bow; control marks in outer l. and r. fields. Obverse somewhat high relief. aVF / Fine</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112103[/ATTACH]</p><p>The Hellenistic world circa 250 BCE</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112104[/ATTACH]</p><p>My latest tetradrachm matches this bust of Antiochus II very well. It&#039;s finally nice to have a coin with his likeness on it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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