Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 845. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $825. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleukid Kings. Demetrios II, Second Reign. 129-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.95 gm). Antioch mint. Struck 129/128 BC. Diademed and bearded head right / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre; X to left, O (cut over a Ð) below throne. SNG Spaer 2162; Newell, SMA 320; Houghton, CSE 288 (this coin). Good VF, beautiful iridescent toning. ($500)

Ex Arthur Houghton Collection.