SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos), 121/0-97/6 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30.5 mm, 16.71 g, 12 h), Ake-Ptolemaïs, 121/0-113. Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right. Rev. ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY / EΠIΦANOYΣ Zeus Ouranios, nude, standing facing, head to left, holding eight-pointed star in his outstretched right hand and long scepter with his left; above head, crescent with points upwards; all within laurel wreath. HGC 9, 1196g. LSM -. SC 2335.1. Toned. Good very fine.
From the collection of a Nobleman who died in 1940, (original collector's ticket included) acquired in an auction in December 1928.