Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 905. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleukid Kings. Demetrios I. 162-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.47 gm). Antioch mint. Diademed head right, showing just a a trace of a beard, within wreath / Tyche seated, holding baton and cornucopiae, Nereid supporting throne; monogram left. SNG Spaer -; Newell, SMA, 82; Houghton, CSE, 144. Toned, good VF. Scarce early issue with a bearded portrait. ($300)