Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 553. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $175. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Philip I Philadelphos. 98-83 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.68 gm, 1h). Antioch mint. Struck circa 89-83 BC. Diademed head right / BASILE[WS] FILIPPO[U] EPIFANOUS FILADELF[OU], Zeus seated left, holding Nike in right hand, lotus-tipped sceptre in left; monogram below throne, N in exergue; all within wreath. SNG Spaer 2805; SMA 447; Houghton 394 var. (N to left). EF, attractive dark toning. ($200)