Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 592. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $405. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121-98/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.41 gm, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 197 (116/5 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios standing left; to outer left, SIDW/IER/A(S-monogram) in three lines above monogram; date in exergue; all within wreath. SNG Spaer 2577-2578. Superb EF. ($300)