435, Lot: 138. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.80 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 170 (143/2 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left, palm branch over shoulder; to left, OP (date) above monogram; to right, ΣIΔΩ above aplustre; monogram between legs. SC 1954.4a; HGC 9, 969; DCA 152. VF, lightly toned, a few marks.