Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 955. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.40 g, 11h). Seleukeia on the Kalykadnos mint. First reign at Seleukeia, circa 121/0-114/3 BC. Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; plant to outer left, Z(HNAF monogram) and ZH in exergue. SNG Spaer 2573 (same obv. die); Houghton, Calycadnus 18 (A1/P1) = Houghton 532 (this coin). Good VF, minor die wear on obverse.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection, 532.