229, Lot: 218. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 15.12 g, 12h). Mallos mint. Diademed head right; M behind / Facing cult statue of Athena Magarsia holding spear, rosette over each shoulder; two monograms below. Cf. SC 2290 (lacking the right monogram); HGC 9, 1199. Good VF, scrape on face, top of the coin broken and competently repaired. Struck on a broad flan. Rare.