137, Lot: 36. Estimate $200. Sold for $271. 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, 16.43 g). Damascus mint. Dated SE 194 (119/8 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus standing left, holding star and sceptre; monograms in left field, DPP (date) in exergue. SNG Spaer 2649; Newell, LSM 94; Houghton, CSE 581 = A. Houghton and G. Le Rider, “Un trésor de monnaies hellénistiques trouvé près de Suse,” RN (1966), 106 (this coin). Good VF, toned, a few areas of roughness under tone.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.