246, Lot: 122. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.01 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 168 (146/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on ship’s ram, palm branch over shoulder; to left, monogram of Tyre above club; to right, IΞP (date) and monogram. SC 1959.1c; HGC 9, 970. Good VF, toned, some minor porosity.