172, Lot: 65. Estimate $200. Sold for $226. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.66 g). Antioch mint. First reign at Antioch, 121/0-113 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Oranios, draped, standing left, holding star and scepter; crescent above head; to outer left, IE above A; O to inner right; all within wreath. SNG Spaer 2493; SMA 368. VF, lightly toned.

From The John A. Seeger Collection.