Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 693. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $295. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII. 121-98/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.66 gm). Antioch mint. Struck circa 121-113 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Oranios standing left, holding star and sceptre, crescent moon above head; IE above A to outer left, O to inner right; all within wreath. SNG Spaer 2496 (same obverse die); SMA 368. Good VF, iridescent toning. ($300)