Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 909. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.48 g, 12h). Ake-Ptolemaïs mint. Struck circa 120/19-117/6 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios standing left, holding star and scepter; crescent above head, M to outer left; all within wreath. LSM 28; SNG Spaer 2581-2. Near EF, lightly toned, a few minor deposits on reverse.

From Collection C.P.A.