Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 1688 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $350
SYRIA, Kingdom of, Antiochos VIII, (121-96 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.306 grams), Ake Ptolemais mint, first reign, undated issue 117-115 B.C., obv. diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right, fillet border, rev. Zeus Uranius with crescent above standing to left, holding star and sceptre, on right **BASILEOS and **ANTIOCOU and to left **EPIFANOUS, to left MI monogram, (cf.S.7143, SNG Israel I (Spaer) 2590-1, Newell LSM 32, ACNAC Houghton 812). Nearly extremely fine light edge porosity and very scarce.
Ex Spink & Son, with their ticket [Å“180].
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