180, Lot: 56. Estimate $150. Sold for $321. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.28 g). Antioch mint. Struck 121-114 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios standing left, holding star in right hand, scepter in left; crescent moon above head; IE/A to left; AI(?) below on wreath tie. SMA -; SNG Spaer 2497-2500 var. (letter on wreath). VF, dark hoard patina with some encrustation.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.