399, Lot: 237. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Didrachm (20.5mm, 6.57 g, 1h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 170 (143/2 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left, with palm frond under far wing; to left, OP (date) above monogram; to right, ΣΙΔΩ above aphlaston; monogram between eagle’s legs. SC 1955.2b; HGC 9, 972; DCA 154. VF, a few marks, some roughness. Rare.