253, Lot: 191. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.73 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 169 (144/3 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left, palm branch over shoulder; club surmounted by monogram of Tyre to left, ΘΞP (date) above monogram to right. SC 1959.3c; HGC 9, 970. VF, light porosity, a few minor marks.