Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 897. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII (Grypos). 121-98/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.56 gm). Ake-Ptolemais mint. Struck circa 118-115 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios standing left, holding star and sceptre, crescent moon over head; M to outer left; all within wreath. SNG Spaer 2591; LSM 32. VF, toned. ($200)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (12 July 2002), lot 94.