408, Lot: 246. Estimate $150. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 3.35 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over far shoulder; to left, A/PE above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; Z[Ξ]P (date) to right; monogram between legs. SC 1967.1; HGC 9, 987: DCA 160. VF, toned, porous, scattered deposits. Extremely rare, the Seyrig example in the BN is the only other example for this date on a drachm.