CNG 84, Lot: 699. Estimate $300. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.24 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 184 (129/8 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond behind; to left, monogram above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, monogram above ΔΠP (date); monogram between legs. SC 2195.2c; Newell, Tyre 162; HGC 9, 1122. Good VF, toned.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.