Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 858. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $725. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleukid Kings. Demetrios III. 95-88 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.88 gm). Damascus mint. Year 222 (91/90 BC). Diademed head right / Cult statue of Atargatis facing; N and A in left field, BKS and monogram in exergue. SNG Spaer 2862 var. (Year 221); Newell, LSM 126; Houghton, CSE 861. Lightly toned VF, pleasing. Rare. ($500)