Two Rare Askalon Mint Tetradrachms

CNG 90, Lot: 694. Estimate $1000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.01 g, 12h). Askelon mint. Dated SE 195 (118/7 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, AΣ above dove standing left above monogram; E(koppa)P (date) to right. SC 2339.3; Spaer p. 237, A; HGC 9, 1203; DCA 272. VF, light cleaning marks. Rare.