132, Lot: 74. Estimate $300. Sold for $825. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 130-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.41 gm, 12h). Tarsos mint. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; two monograms to outer left. SNG Spaer -; Houghton 480 = Houghton,
Second, p. 112, dies A1/P1 (this coin). Good VF, dark iridescent toning, light graffiti in obverse field. Rare beardless portrait in second reign.
From the Arthur Houghton Collection.