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CNG 108, Lot: 358. Estimate $500.
Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.44 g, 1h). Uncertain mint 116, in Cilicia or northern Syria. Second reign, circa 112-97/6 BC. Diademed head right within fillet border / Zeus Ouranios standing left, holding star and scepter; to outer left, monogram above A; N in exergue; all within laurel wreath. SC 2294.3 corr. (monogram has two variations); Houghton, Reigns, Series VII, Group 1, dies A1/P1 corr. (monogram); HGC 9, 1197c; Lanz 42, lot 316 (same dies). Near EF, toned, a few deposits.


From the MNL Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 378 (13 July 2016), lot 228.