125, Lot: 101. Estimate $150. Sold for $94. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 145-138 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 6.94 g). Tyre mint. Dated SE 170 (143/2 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow; club surmounted by monogram of Tyre left, OP (date) and monogram right. SNG Spaer 1716 var. (different monogram). Toned VF, old obverse scratch.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXXIII (3 May 1994), lot 287.