439, Lot: 129. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 13.30 g, 1h). Phoenician standard. Tyre mint. Dated SE 168 (145/4 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond over far shoulder; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, HΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1959.2b; Newell, Tyre –; HGC 9, 970; DCA 153. VF, toned, porous.