Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 591. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121-98/6 BC. AR Drachm (3.72 gm, 12h). Tarsos mint, second reign, circa 111-99/8 BC. Diademed head right / Sandan standing on the back of a mythical creature right; two monograms to outer left. SNG Spaer -; Houghton 492 (this coin). VF, toned, typical minor porosity, lamination on obverse. Rare. ($200)

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.