319, Lot: 116. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.52 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 196 (117/6 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios standing left, holding star and scepter; to outer left, ΣIΔΩ/IEP/AΣ in three lines above monogram; date in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2330.1; HGC 9, 1197g; DCA 268. VF, toned, cleaning scratches.