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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 1903938, member: 15445"]My randomly generated number was 54.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]325768[/ATTACH] <b>SELEUKID KINGDOM</b></p><p><b>Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos)</b></p><p><b>AR Tetradrachm </b></p><p><b>121-96 BC</b></p><p> </p><p>16.68 grams, 29 mm.</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed head facing right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Zeus Standing Left holding</p><p> star & sceptre with crescent over</p><p> head; two monograms to outer</p><p> left, [IPP] (date) in exergue,</p><p> BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY right</p><p> EΠI.ΦANOYZ to left of Zeus,</p><p> all within laurel wreath.</p><p><b>Grade:</b> VF+ nicely toned.</p><p><b>Other:</b> Antiochos VIII Epiphaes was a Seleukid King of Syria nicknamed Grypos (hook nose). Grypos was essentially the last of the Seleukid Kings of Syria. This Damaskos mint coin is dated SE 197 (116/5 BC). Similar to Sear 7143; SC 2323.5b; HGC 9, 1197f. From Sphinx Numismatics Oct. 2013.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 1903938, member: 15445"]My randomly generated number was 54. [ATTACH=full]325768[/ATTACH] [B]SELEUKID KINGDOM Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm 121-96 BC[/B] 16.68 grams, 29 mm. [B]Obv:[/B] Diademed head facing right [B]Rev:[/B] Zeus Standing Left holding star & sceptre with crescent over head; two monograms to outer left, [IPP] (date) in exergue, BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY right EΠI.ΦANOYZ to left of Zeus, all within laurel wreath. [B]Grade:[/B] VF+ nicely toned. [B]Other:[/B] Antiochos VIII Epiphaes was a Seleukid King of Syria nicknamed Grypos (hook nose). Grypos was essentially the last of the Seleukid Kings of Syria. This Damaskos mint coin is dated SE 197 (116/5 BC). Similar to Sear 7143; SC 2323.5b; HGC 9, 1197f. From Sphinx Numismatics Oct. 2013.[/QUOTE]
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