395, Lot: 199. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.82 g, 12h). 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. Near VF, toned, light scratches and marks, slight reverse die shift. Rare.

From the W. H. Guertin Collection.