CNG 97, Lot: 302. Estimate $200. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Demetrias. 1st century BC. Æ (23mm, 7.79 g, 12h). Dated CY 13 (51/50 BC). Veiled and draped bust of Tyche right, wearing mural crown / Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond; L IΓ (date) to left; ΔH to right; all within laurel wreath. Seyrig, Démétrias –; BMC –; Sofaer 2 var. (CY 3); HGC 10, 147 (date unnlisted); DCA 508 (CY date unlisted); CNG 72, 961 (CY 3). VF, orange earthen black-green patina. Apparently unique with this date.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.