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Details
LOT 2680
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 19mm. 121/0-97/6 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint. Uncertain date of Seleukid Era.
Diademed and radiate head to right / BAΣIΛ[EΩΣ] ANTIO[XOY] EΠIΦAN[OYΣ], eagle standing to left, sceptre under far wing. HGC 9, 1212. Good Very Fine.(5.75gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2680
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 19mm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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