316, Lot: 179. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. Æ (19mm, 5.72 g, 1h). Laodikea in Phoenicia (Berytos) mint. Diademed head of Demetrios II right / Ba‘al-Berit (Poseidon) standing facing, holding phiale and trident; ΛA to left, monograms to right . SC 2185; HGC 9, 1135. Good Fine, dark green patina, porosity. Scarce.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.