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122, Lot: 154. Estimate $500.
Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121-98/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.58 g, 12h). Tarsos mint, first reign, circa 121/0-114/3 BC. Diademed head right / Altar within which Sandan stands atop winged mythical lion right; monograms in exergue. Cf. SNG Spaer 2572; Houghton 488 (this coin). VF, toned, small nick on obverse. Rare.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection. Ex Kress 132 (8 February 1965), lot 278.