CNG 88, Lot: 473. Estimate $500. Sold for $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.20 g, 12h). Laodikeia in Phoenicia (Berytos) mint. Dated SE 168 (145/4 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; two monograms to left; to right, HΞP (date) above trident. SC 1952.2a; HGC 9, 968. Near EF, bright surfaces, die break and area of weak strike on obverse.