Pleasing Cleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII Tetradrachm

218, Lot: 304. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Cleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII. 125-121 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.55 g, 12h). Ake-Ptolemaïs mint. Struck circa 125-121/0 BC. Jugate busts right of Cleopatra Thea, diademed, veiled, and wearing stephane, and Antiochus VIII diademed / Zeus Nikephoros seated left. SC 2271.1. Good VF, toned.