CNG 90, Lot: 673. Estimate $400. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.22 g, 1h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ZΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1959.1b; Rouvier 1873; HGC 9, 970; DCA 153. Near EF, small die flaw on cheek.