124, Lot: 96. Estimate $150. Sold for $218. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII. 121-98/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.33 g). Ake-Ptolemais mint. Struck circa 121-113 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios standing left, holding star in right hand, sceptre in left; crescent moon above head, monogram to left. SNG Spaer 2592; LSM 35; Houghton 813. Good VF, toned, a little encrustation around the devices.