319, Lot: 115. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. 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 (28mm, 14.58 g, 1h). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 203 (110/109 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios standing left, holding star and scepter; to outer left, KA monogram above Z; ΓΣ (date) in exergue; all within wreath. Unpublished with this date, but for SE 204 issues with these control marks, cf. SC 2324.1a; cf. HGC 9, 1197f; cf. DCA 269. Near VF, toned, some porosity and scratches. Apparently unique with this date.