ANTIOCHUS VIII SILVER TETRADRACHM – EXTREMELY RARE FIRST REIGN ISSUE OF ANTIOCH – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED GREEK SELEUCID COIN (Inv. 21281)

$750.00

21281.SELEUCID KINGDOM. ANTIOCHUS VIII, 125–96 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 16.33 g, 29 mm. First reign issue of Antioch on the Orontes, ca. 121/0–113 BC.
Obv. Diademed head of Antiochus VIII right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, draped Zeus Uranius standing left, IE above A to outer left, N in lower right field, N in exergue, all within laurel wreath.
SC 2298.3a; HGC 9, 1196d [rated R1-R2 in HGC].
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Surface 4/5, Strike 4/5, extremely rare variety with only two specimens on CoinArchives, both with the N in exergue overlapping the wreath tie unlike the present specimen which shows the N between the exergue line and wreath.