SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.32 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Struck circa 121/0-113 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios, drapery around waist, standing left, holding star and scepter; monogram to outer left; all within wreath. SC 2336.2a; HGC 9, 1197h. Light iridescent tone, some horn silver. Good VF.
From the Don T. Hayes Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins.