CNG 90, Lot: 692. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.45 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Struck circa 121/0-113 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios standing left, holding star and scepter; monogram to outer left; all within wreath. SC 2336.2a; HGC 9, 1197h. Superb EF, lightly toned, scratch across neck. Well centered on a broad flan of perfect metal.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 39 (18 September 1996), lot 697.