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LOT 2954

Seleucid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 20mm. 121/0-97/6 BC.

Antioch on the Orontes mint. Third reign at Antioch, 109-96 BC. Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, filleted double cornucopiae; [monogram to outer left], pileus to inner left. SC 2313.1e; HGC 9, 1213. Very Fine. Very rare variety with pileus as symbol.(8.21gr, 20mm, 12h.).

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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LOT 2954

Seleucid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 20mm.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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