Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 904. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $585. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.22 g, 1h). Antioch mint. Undated issue, struck circa 162-155/4 BC. Diademed head right within wreath / Tyche, fully clothed, seated left, holding baton and cornucopia; winged Tritoness supporting throne, monogram to outer left. SMA 95; SNG Spaer 1259-60. Good VF, toned, minor flat strike on reverse. Well centered in high relief.