360, Lot: 173. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. 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, 9.41 g, 12h). Askalon mint. Dated CY 197 (116/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle, with palm branch over shoulder, standing left on thunderbolt; to left, AΣ above dove above monogram; ΞЧP (date) to right. SC 2239.5; HGC 9, 1203; DCA 272. VF, toned, porous surfaces. Rare.