122, Lot: 150. Estimate $750. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121-98/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 15.40 gm, 11h). Seleukeia on the Kalykadnos mint, first reign, circa 121/0-114/3 BC. Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; plant to outer left, Z(HNAF monogram) and ZH in exergue. SNG Spaer 2573 (same obv. die); Houghton, Calycadnus 18 (A1/P1) = Houghton 532 (this coin). EF, toned, struck with slightly worn obverse die.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.