$66 · Over 2100 year old artifact

For sale from private collection this beautiful ancient Seleucid Kingdom artifact struck for Antiochos VIII 121 BC - 97 BC. Antiochus VIII Epiphanes/Callinicus/Philometor, nicknamed Grypus, was the ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire from 125 to 96 BC. He was the younger son of Demetrius II and Cleopatra Thea. He may have spent his early life in Athens and returned to Syria after the deaths of his father and brother Seleucus V. Radiate head of Antiochos VIII right. Eagle standing left, scepter over its shoulder. Bronze , 18 mm, 5 grams HAVE A LOOK AT MY OTHER ADS FOR MORE