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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 3917352, member: 96635&quot;]Nice little hemidrachm [USER=87404]@Justin Lee[/USER], smaller denominations were increasingly less minted during the late Seleukid empire, it seems that how smaller the fraction how more rare they become. The fact that they did in fact got minted meant that there was somehow a demand for these smaller fractions.</p><p><br /></p><p>His tetradrachm:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F3yfJbjX.jpg&amp;hash=d95678a25e38775be08de299b833cba7" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) (121/0-97/6 B.C.) AR Tetradrachm. 2nd reign at Antioch. Antiochia on the Orontes mint, 112-111/10 B.C.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY - EΠIΦANOYΣ Zeus Ouranios standing front, head to left; holding star in his right hand and long scepter in his left; above, crescent; to left, monogram above A; to inner right, Δ; all within laurel wreath.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> SC 2302.1f.</p><p>16.26g; 27mm</p><p><br /></p><p>and a drachm:</p><p><img src="https://www.coinarchives.com/795de88858e25df7e3ae065f8e8a099c/img/gorny/267/image03294.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) (121/0-97/6 B.C.) AR Drachm. 3rd reign at Antioch. <b>Antiochia on the Orontes mint, 109-96 B.C.</b></b></p><p><b><b><b>Obverse:</b> </b></b>Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right.</p><p><b><b>Reverse:</b> </b>BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY - EΠIΦANOYΣ. Tripod; monogram over Γ to outer left.</p><p><b><b>Reference:</b> </b>SC 2310; HGC 9, 1209.</p><p>3.74g</p><p><i>Ex Shlomo Moussaieff Collection, London, 1948 - 2000.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Talking about fractions, here is an extremely rare bronze of Antiochos VIII, in the smallest bronze denomination possible, a quarter unit. These tiny bronze fractions, as the silver fractions, are not minted very often.</p><p>As far as I know only [USER=80556]@David@PCC[/USER] has one and a few examples in catalogs (but who knows some private collectors have them, we never know if they do not share their collection on the internet).</p><p><br /></p><p><i><img src="https://i.imgur.com/fvXAXER.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><b>Antiochos VIII Epiphanes <b>(121/0-97/6 B.C.)</b> <b>Æ</b> Denomination E (quarter), struck circa <b>109-96 B.C.</b></b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Diademed head of Antiochus VIII right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIФANOYΣ (“of King Antiochos the Illustrious”), Rose. Outer left PE control.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> SC 2316; HGC 9, 1227(R3).</p><p>2.33g; 13mm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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