CNG 87, Lot: 644. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.68 g, 1h). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 184 or 185 (129/8 or 128/7 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; ΞΔ monogram below throne; [date in exergue]. SC 2181.2b or 3b; LSM 69 or 70; HGC 9, 1116d. EF, toned, double struck on obverse, compact flan.