Ex Houghton - Fine Style

264, Lot: 167. Estimate $500. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.74 g, 2h). Antioch mint. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Diademed head right / Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow, resting hand on bow; IΞP (date) and monograms in exergue. SC 1906.3 = CSE 214 (this coin); HGC 9, 957d. Good VF, toned.

From the Stephen Glover Collection. Ex Arthur Houghton Collection, 214.