Watch List notes:

SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos), 121/0-97/6 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 11.61 g, 1 h), Ptolemaic standard. Askalon, SE 197 = 116/5. Diademed and draped bust of Antiochos VIII to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟY Eagle, wings closed, standing left; behind, palm frond; in field to left, AΣ above dove standing left above monogram; to right, ZꟼΡ. SC 2339.5. Rare and nicely toned. Minor old scratch on the obverse, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, ex Auctiones 15, 18-19 September 1985, 201.