SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos II Theos. 
261-246 BC. AV Stater (8.52 gm, 12h). Miletos(?) 
mint. Struck circa 250 BC. 

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a serpent.
ALEXANDROY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand, palm branch in left; monogram in left field. 

SC 548a = Price 3785 = A. Houghton, "Tarik Darreh (Kangavar) Hoard," ANSMN 25 (1980), 34 (this coin); WSM -; Müller -. 

Extremely rare, one of only two Alexandrine staters from this issue, and the sole example with palm branch. 
Ex CNG 54, lot 484, June 2000; Numismatic Fine Arts II, lot 119, March 1976; Tarik Darreh Hoard.

Used by permission of CNG, www.cngcoins.com, Triton VIII, Lot: 529. Jan 2005