CNG 87, Lot: 637. Estimate $500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.22 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to right, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to left, ZΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1959.1b; HGC 9, 970. EF.