CNG 84, Lot: 693. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.19 g, 1h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 168 (145/4 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond behind; to left, HΞP (date) above monogram; to right, ΣIΔΩN above aplustre. SC 1954.2b; HGC 9, 969. Good VF, toned, struck from worn obverse die.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.