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Unpublished Demetrios II Drachm

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 420. Estimate $300. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008. 
Sold For $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Drachm (3.35 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Diademed head right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over far shoulder; to left, A/PE above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; uncertain date and control mark to right; monogram between legs. Cf. SC 1962.1a (tetradrachm with same left field controls and monogram between legs). VF, toned, porous, scattered deposits. Unpublished.


Drachms of Demetrios from Tyre are extremely rare, with only four examples recorded in SC.