SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus VIII Epiphanes Grypus (121-96 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 16.41 gm, 11h). NGC AU 5/5 - 2/5. EP mint in Cilicia, west of Tarsus, 121/0-114/3 BC. Diademed head of Antiochus right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ, Zeus Uranius, crescent above head, standing left, wearing himation, holding star and scepter; in inner left field, Α above ΕΡ; laurel wreath border. SC 2281a. A scarcer type with only one example found in Coin Archives.

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