Triton XVIII, Lot: 179. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.47 g, 1h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 187 (126/5 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 ZΠP (date); monogram between legs. SC 2197.4; Newell, Tyre –; Rouvier –; HGC 9, 1131; DCA 235; Sunrise 217 (this coin). VF, obverse off center. Very rare denomination for issue.

From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from David Hendin, January 2009.