455, Lot: 181. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Kleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII. 125-121 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 15.53 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Dated SE 189 (124/3 BC). Jugate heads right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; ΣY monogram to outer left; ΘΠP (date) in exergue. SC 2271.2; HGC 9, 1182h; DCA 252. Toned, cleaning marks, slight roughness on obverse. VF.

From the J.B. Collection, purchased Summer 2005.