263, Lot: 156. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. 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, 16.50 g, 12h). Ake-Ptolemais mint. Struck 121/0-113 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Uranios standing left, holding star and scepter; M to outer left; all within wreath. SC 2335.2; HGC 9, 1196g. Good VF, attractively toned.

From the Fredy Vortisch Collection.