438, Lot: 210. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 13.45 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 169 (144/3 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left; palm frond behind; to left, ΘΞΡ (date) above ΠΑ monogram; to right, ΣΙΔΩ above aphlaston; monogram between eagle’s legs. SC 1954.3b; HGC 9, 969; DCA 152. Good VF, large metal flaw (lamination) on obverse.