318, Lot: 291. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.96 g, 1h). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 196 (117/6 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios standing left, holding star and scepter; two monograms to outer left; ς(koppa)P (date) in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2323.3; HGC 9, 1197f; DCA 266. Good VF, minor porosity, light marks.