SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus VIII Epiphanes Grypus (121-96 BC). AR tetradrachm (30mm, 16.63 gm, 11h). NGC MS S 5/5 - 4/5. Sidon, dated Seleucid Era 196 (117/6 BC). Diademed head of Antiochus VIII right, diadem ends falling straight behind; bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY / EΠI-ΦANOYΣ, Zeus Uranius, draped, standing facing, head left wearing large crescent, star in right hand, scepter in left; ΣIΔΩ / IEP/AΣK above ΔIO monogram in left field, 6qP (date) in exergue, all in laurel wreath. SC 2330.1. HGC 9, 1197g (R2). Rare mint!

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