405, Lot: 229. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.26 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. 1st reign at Antioch, circa 121/0-113 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios, draped, standing left, holding star and scepter; to outer left, IE above A; N to inner right; all within wreath; K on wreath ties. SC 2298.4b; HGC 9, 1197e. Good VF, lightly toned, slightly off center on reverse.