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248 NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE.This is at present an unpublished coin, which obviouslybelongs to Antiochus III from its characteristic portrait.Possiblyit was minted at Ptolemais.SELEUCUS IV (PHILOPATER).126-138 A.S. 187-175 B.C.15. Obv. Diademed head of King to r. Border of dots.Rev. Apollo laureate, seated on omphalos, chlamysover r. knee ;holds in r. hand arrow, in 1.bow. In field r. NB, 1. stanchion and ZA.(?)BAZIAEHZ (r.);ZEAEYKOY (1.).JR. 1-1. Attic tetradrachm. Wt. 257'5 grs.[PL X. 2.]This tetradrachm is exceedingly rare. It is quite anew portrait with border of dots instead of filletborder.I have lately acquiredit from Syria. The presence ofthe monogram in the field (left) goes to prove the forceof what I have already said about the British Museumtetradrachm of Antiochus IV with the symbol, owl, andthe same monogram ZA.M. J. P. Six makes it quite plain that this particularcoin was minted at Sardes, and Sir Edward Bunburywas probably wrong when he described a variety in hiscollection as presenting a torch.stanchion (fer-de-lance, Six).The torch should be aSardes is far more probablethan Salamis for Antiochus IV; and Salamis is quiteimpossible for Seleucus IV.ANTIOCHUS IV (EPIPHANES).138-149 A.S. 175-164 B.C.16. Obv. Head of King to r.,diademed. Border of dots.tApollo seated 1. on omphalos, chlamys beneathand over r. knee ;holds in r. hand arrow, in 1.