★ A beautifully toned tetradrachm of Antiochos VIII ★

SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos), 121/0-97/6 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.09 g, 1 h), Antiochia on the Orontes, circa 121/0-113 BC. Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY - EΠIΦANOYΣ Zeus Ouranios standing front, head to left; holding star in his right hand and long scepter in his left; above, crescent; to left, IE above A; in exergue, Φ; all within laurel wreath. SC 2298.1b. A lovely and darkly toned piece. Good very fine.

From an old Viennese collection, formed in the 1950s and 1960s and in 3rd generation family possession since.