Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 892. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII (Grypos). 121-98/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.23 gm). Antioch mint. Struck circa 112-109 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios standing left, holding star and sceptre, crescent moon over head; monogram above A to outer left, small G to inner right; all within wreath. SNG Spaer 2530; SMA 387. Good VF, darkly toned. ($300)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.