317, Lot: 97. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Kleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII. 125-121 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.26 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 192 (121/0 BC). Jugate busts right of Kleopatra, wearing diadem, veil, and stephane, and Antiochos VIII, wearing diadem / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram to outer left; below throne, ΣI/IEP in two lines; in exergue, BPP (date) A(ΣY) and aphlaston. SC 2268; HGC 9, 1182f; DCA 254. VF, flan crack, scratches, porous reverse.

From the Demetrios Armounta Collection. Ex Henry Chitwood Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 147, 6 September 2006), lot 59.