Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 695. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII. 121-98/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.59 gm). Ake-Ptolemais mint. Struck circa 120-117 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios standing left, holding star and sceptre, crescent moon above head; monogram to left; all within wreath. SNG Spaer 2581; LSM 28. Good VF, spots of encrustation. ($300)