Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 833. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleukid Kings. Demetrios I. 162-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.67 gm). Antioch mint. Diademed head right / Tyche seated, holding baton and cornucopiae, Nereid supporting throne; HP monogram left. SNG Spaer -; Newell, SMA, -; Houghton, CSE, -. Toned, nice VF. Unpublished from Antioch with SWTHROS in the exergue, and only the second specimen recorded by Houghton! ($750)