254, Lot: 136. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.77 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 168 (145/4 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to right, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to left, HΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1959.2a; HGC 9, 970. VF, porous.