345, Lot: 328. Estimate $150. Sold for $175. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.82 g, 1h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 145-141 BC. Diademed head right / Tyche, holding scepter in right hand, cradling cornucopia in left arm, seated left on backless throne with winged Tritoness support; monogram in exergue. SC 1984.3; HGC 9, 967. VF, toned, light PVC residue. Rare.

From the J. Herbert Collection.