225, Lot: 166. Estimate $300. Sold for $420. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.72 g, 1h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 170 (143/2 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left, palm branch over shoulder; to left, OP (date) above monogram; to right, ΣIΔΩ above aplustre; monogram between legs. SC 1954.4b; SNG Spaer 1664. EF, minor porosity, a few minor die flaws.