GREEK COINS. SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus VIII. Grypus, 121-96 BC Tetradrachm, 3rd reign, 109-96 BC. Antioch. Diademed head facing right. Rev. VASILEYS/ ANTIOCHOY-ERITHANOS. Zeus enthroned facing left, holding a long scepter in his left hand, Nike crowning him in his outstretched right hand. In the field left, two control marks, A below the throne, the whole within a laurel wreath. Houghton-Lorber 2309,ii,i. Extremely Fine Minted during Grypus's third reign as sole ruler of Antioch, after he twice lost his empire to his half-brother, Antiochus IX Cyzicenus.
Weight: 15,1 gr Diameter:28,3 mm