SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.06 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Struck circa 121/0-113 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Ouranios, drapery around waist, standing left, holding star and scepter; monogram to outer left; all within wreath. SC 2336.2a; LSM 35; HGC 9, 1197h. Lightly toned, thin die break on obverse, trace deposits and double struck on reverse. EF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Goldberg 87 (15 September 2015), lot 2057.
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