236, Lot: 323. Estimate $75. Sold for $54. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. Æ (20mm, 6.02 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 186 (127/6 BC). Diademed head right; monogram behind / Astarte standing left on prow, holding aphlaston and naval trophy; ςΠP (date) to right. SC 2189.6/7 (obv./rev.); HGC 9, 1137. Near VF, green patina, thick earthen deposits. Rare.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.