Crescent

Seleukid Kings, Antiochos VIII, Pedigreed to 1964

AR Tetradrachm, 16.32g. 29mm.  Damaskos mint, 118/117 B.C. Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right.  Rev. Zeus Ouranios standing to left holding scepter and star; lunar crescent above.  SC 2323.1.  SMA 84,97.  Lovely old cabinet toning and superb young portrait.

Provenance/Pedigrees
Ex: Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, List 246, August 1964, no. 12. 
Ex: Gorny and Mosch, Munich, Auction 280,   2021, lot 371.

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Extremely Fine $2,950.

Syria, Palmyra

AE 16, 4.81g.   2nd-3rd cents. A.D. Head and neck of bull to right; crescent below.  Rev. Caduceus between two crossed cornucopia. De Saulcy 65,3 = Mionnet, vol. 6, 653, 286(Uncertain mint).   BMC_.  SNG COP_.  SNG Munich_.   Scarce and with an attractive brown patina.

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good Very Fine $400.