CNG 108, Lot: 355. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. 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 (29.5mm, 16.54 g, 1h). Uncertain mint 112, in Cilicia. Struck circa 121/0-114/3 BC. Diademed head right within fillet border / Athena Nikephoros standing left; to outer left, IE above Θ; all within laurel wreath. SC 2291.4; Houghton,
Reigns, Series II, Group 2, A2/P– (obv. die unlisted for variety, unlisted rev. die); HGC 9, 1195. Matte Proof, toned, traces of find patina. Rare.
From the MNL Collection. Ex Jencek Historical Enterprise Inventory Y04007 (November 2012); W. K. Raymond Collection.