179, Lot: 101. Estimate $200. Sold for $330. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.48 g). Antioch. Struck circa 121-114 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Oranios, draped, standing left, holding star and scepter, crescent above head; to outer left, IE/A/pellet; P in exergue; all within wreath. Cf. SNG Spaer 2499-2500 var. (no pellet). VF, a little porous.