Watch List notes:

SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos), 121/0-97/6 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31 mm, 16.69 g, 1 h), Sidon, SE 197 = 116/5. Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ - ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ Zeus Ouranios standing front, head to left; holding star in his right hand and long scepter in his left; above, crescent; to left, ΣΙΔΩ / ΙΕΡ / ΑΣ above monogram; in exergue, ZPΡ; all within laurel wreath. SC 2330.2. Beautifully toned and with a lovely portrait. About extremely fine.


From an American collection, formed in the early 2000s and privately purchased from F.S. Knobloch.