CNG 88, Lot: 460. Estimate $300. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.63 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in Cilicia or Northern Syria. Diademed head right within wreath / Tyche, holding scepter and cornucopia, seated left on throne supported by tritonesses right; monogram to outer left. SC 1626 corr. (monogram) = CSE 553 = Houghton & Le Rider, "Un trésor de monnaies hellénistiques trouvé près de Suse," RN 1966, 83 (this coin); HGC 9, 795e. Good VF, toned.

From the Sierra Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 49 (17 March 1999), lot 679; Arthur Houghton Collection; Susiana, 1965 hoard (IGCH 1806).