Mallos Drachm

177, Lot: 124. Estimate $200. Sold for $323. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-126/5 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.35 g, 12h). Mallos mint. Struck circa 128 BC. Diademed head right, wearing long beard / Cult figure of Athena Magarsia standing facing, wearing aegis, holding spear; rosettes over shoulders, monograms to lower left [and right]. Houghton, Mallos 19 (A1/P1); Babelon, Rois -; SNG Spaer -; Houghton I 509-10. VF, dark find patina, rough surfaces. Extremely rare.