408, Lot: 249. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 12.23 g, 12h). Askelon mint. Dated SE 208 (105/4 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, AΣ above IEP above AΣY above dove standing left above aphlaston; [H]Σ (date) to right, monogram between legs. SC 2340.3b; HGC 9, 1203; DCA 273. Fine, porous, areas of roughness, a few cleaning marks. Rare.

From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.