163, Lot: 48. Estimate $150. Sold for $332. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.03 g). Phoenician standard. Sidon mint. Dated SE 168 (145/4 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow of galley, palm over shoulder; HXR (date) and monogram to left, aphlaston to right. SNG Spaer 1655-6. Good VF, darkly toned, heavy scratches.