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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 6905842, member: 97383&quot;]Pavlos, You did a good job unraveling the complex history of that period <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! That&#039;s a lovely Tet of Philip I, great portrait &amp; gem mint state <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Pictured below is a Tet of his father I scored last year <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273060[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos), 121-96 BCE. Antioch on the Orontes, 3rd reign (c. 109-96). AR tetradrachm: 28 mm, 16.24 gm, 1 h. <i>Ex Numismatics Fine Arts XVII, lot 439, June 27, 1986.</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p>Below is a later coin of Philip I struck at Antioch under Roman control. The quality of his portraits greatly declined when the Romans controlled Syria <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273067[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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