Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 891. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII (Grypos). 121-98/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.68 gm). Antioch mint. Struck circa 121-113 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios standing left, holding star and sceptre, crescent moon above head; IE above A to outer left, P to inner right, K in exergue; all within wreath. SNG Spaer 2498 var. (O to inner right); SMA 372. Good VF, lightly toned, small flan crack. ($300)