CNG 88, Lot: 474. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.26 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 left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, HΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1959.2a; HGC 9, 970. Near EF, bright surfaces, minor edge nick at 2h on obverse.