Triton XVIII, Lot: 182. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 16.61 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Struck circa 121/0-119 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠI-ΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios, draped, standing left, holding star in extended right hand and scepter in left; to outer left; M, pellet in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2336.1 var. (pellet not noted); LSM 32; Rouvier –; HGC 9, 1197h; Sunrise –. Superb EF, light iridescent toning. Rare.

From the Sunrise Collection.