439, Lot: 128. Estimate $200. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.60 g, 12h). Phoenician standard. Tyre mint. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond over far shoulder; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ZΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1959.1c; Newell,
Tyre 83; HGC 9, 970; DCA 153. VF, some roughness and metal flaws on obverse.