308, Lot: 182. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.02 g, 11h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 169 (144/3 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left, with palm frond over wing; club surmounted by monogram to left, ΘΞP (date) above monogram to right. SC 1959.3b; HGC 9, 970; DCA 153. Good VF, toned, numerous cleaning scratches.

From the Demetrios Armounta Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 269 (30 November 2011), lot 158.