201, Lot: 144. Estimate $150. Sold for $166. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.37 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 196 (117/6 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Uranios standing left, draped, holding star and scepter; monogram to outer left, CP(retrograde)P (date) in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2330.1. VF, porosity, rough surfaces.