Watch List notes:

SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos), 121/0-97/6 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.46 g, 1 h), Damascus, SE 195 = 188/7 BC. Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY - EΠIΦANOYΣ Zeus Ouranios standing front, head to left, holding star in his right hand and long scepter in his left; above, crescent; to left, monogram of AB above monogram; in exergue, ΕϘΡ (date); all within laurel wreath. SC 2323.2a. Beautifully toned. Delamination on the obverse and with a thin flan crack, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s.