334, Lot: 168. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios III Eukairos. 97/6-88/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.28 g, 12h). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 224 (89/8 BC). Diademed head right / Cult statue of Atargatis standing facing, arms extended, holding flower in left hand, barley stalk rising from each shoulder; to outer left, N above monogram; ΔKε (date) followed by monogram in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2451.11; HHV 97-102 var. (A23/P– [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 9, 1305; DCA 304. VF, deeply toned, roughness before bust.