CNG 99, Lot: 344. Estimate $750. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.47 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Kalykadnos mint. Second reign at Seleukeia, struck circa 112-96 BC. Diademed head right within fillet border / Athena Nikephoros standing left; flower to outer left; Z and two monograms downward to inner left. SC 2279.1b (this coin referenced); Houghton, Seleucia – (obv. die A7); HGC 9, 1195. Good VF, toned, light marks and scratches.

Ex Lanz 117 (24 November 2003), lot 420 (realized € 700).