416, Lot: 279. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios III Eukairos. 97/6-88/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.05 g, 1h). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 217 (96/5 BC). Diademed head right / Cult statue of Atargatis standing facing, arms extended, holding flower in left hand, barley stalk rising from each shoulder; two monograms to outer left, star to inner left, ZIε (date) and monogram in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2450.6a; HHV 34 var. (A6/P– [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 9, 1305; DCA 303. VF, toned. Very rare with star control mark, only one noted in HHV (in the BN).