CNG 90, Lot: 695. Estimate $1000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.11 g, 12h). Askelon mint. Dated SE 198 (115/4 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, AΣ above dove standing left and two monograms; H(koppa)P (date) to right. SC 2339.7; Spaer –; HGC 9, 1203; DCA 272. Good VF. Rare.