Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15 | Auction date: 1 June 2024 |
Lot number: 147 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos), 121/0-97/6 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31 mm, 16.73 g, 12 h), Antiochia on the Orontes. Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ - ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ Zeus Ouranios standing front, head to left, holding star in his right hand and long scepter in his left; to left, IE above A; in inner right field, O; all within laurel wreath. SC 2298.2b. SMA 368. Beautifully toned and with an unusually fine portrait. Tiny marks, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. Ex Leu 45, 26 May 1988, 272. Estimate: 750 CHF |