Triton XVIII, Lot: 178. Estimate $1000. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 5.45 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 185 (128/7 BC). Diademed [and draped] bust right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ [ΔHMHTPIOY], eagle standing left on prow right; palm frond in background; to left, monogram above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, A and monogram above EΠP (date); monogram between legs. SC 2196.3b; Newell, Tyre 168; Rouvier 1935; HGC 9, 1125; DCA 232; Sunrise 216 (this coin). VF, lightly toned, compact flan. Rare.

From the Sunrise Collection.