252, Lot: 174. Estimate $300. Sold for $505. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.03 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 168 (145/4 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond behind; to left, ΗΞΡ (date) above monogram; to right, ΣΙΔΩ above aplustre. SC 1954.2b; HGC 9, 969. Good VF, toned.