CNG 87, Lot: 625. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.92 g, 12h). Soli mint. Diademed head right within laurel wreath / Tyche, holding scepter and cornucopia, seated left on throne supported by tritonesses right; to outer left, CO above owl standing left on grapes; monogram to outer right. SC 1610.1; Houghton, Royal 65 (A1/P1); HGC 9, 795a. VF, die wear on obverse, graffito in field on reverse. Rare.