366, Lot: 595. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 6.94 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 185 (128/7 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow right; palm frond in background; to left, monogram above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, A and monogram above EΠP (date); monogram between legs. SC 2196.3b; Newell,
Tyre 168; Rouvier 1935; HGC 9, 1125; DCA 232. VF, toned, some porosity, numerous tiny marks on obverse. Rare.
From Group SGF.