329, Lot: 179. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.43 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 184 (129/8 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond behind; to left, monogram above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, monogram above ΔΠP (date); monogram between legs. SC 2195.2a; Newell, Tyre 158; HGC 9, 1122; DCA 230. Good VF, light porosity, cleaning scratches.