190, Lot: 123. Estimate $150. Sold for $163. 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, 16.01 g). Damascus mint. Dated SE 197 (116/115 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios standing left; two monograms to outer left; date in exergue; all within wreath. SNG Spaer 2656 (same obv. die); LSM 102. VF, light porosity, scarce issue.