CNG 88, Lot: 464. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.06 g, 1h). Antioch mint. Date SE 161 (152/1 BC). Diademed head right within wreath / Tyche, holding scepter and cornucopia, seated left on throne supported by tritoness right; two monograms to outer left, AΞP (date) in exergue. SC 1641.6 var. (lower left monogram not listed); HGC 9, 798. EF, toned, slight die wear at periphery on obverse. Attractive portrait.