336, Lot: 119. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. 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 (29mm, 16.27 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 197 (116/5 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios standing left; to outer left, ΣIΔΩ/IEP/A and two monograms; ΞP(retrodrade)P (date) in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2330.2; HGC 9, 1197g. VF, numerous fine cleaning scratches on both sides.