CNG 93, Lot: 519. Estimate $500. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.63 g, 12h). Askelon mint. Dated SE 209 (104/3 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, AΣ above IEP above AΣY above dove standing left above aphlaston; ΓΣ (date) to right, monogram between legs. SC 2340.4; HGC 9, 1203; DCA 273. Near VF, porous. Rare.