136, Lot: 79. Estimate $200. Sold for $195. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII. 121-98/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.47 g). Uncertain Cilician mint. Diademed head right / Zeus Oranios standing left, holding star in right hand, sceptre in left, crescent moon over head; monograms left; all within laurel wreath. SNG Spaer 2570 var. (different monograms, same obverse die); CSE 587 (this coin). Good VF, attractively toned, compact flan.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.