179, Lot: 102. Estimate $200. Sold for $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.37 g). Sidon mint. Dated SE 196 (117/6 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Oranios, draped, standing left, holding star and scepter, crescent above head; to outer left, IEP above monogram; ςOP (date) in exergue; all within wreath. SNG Spaer 2575. VF, a little rough.