375, Lot: 67. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.82 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 168 (145/4 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; club surmounted by Tyre monogram to left; to right, HΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1959.2b; HGC 9, 970; DCA 153. VF, toned, minor porosity. Exceptional relief.

From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre.