CNG 106, Lot: 477. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 13.86 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 184 (129/8 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond in background; to left, monogram above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, monogram above ΔΠP (date); monogram between legs. SC 2195.2b; HGC 9, 1122; DCA 230. Near EF, toned, slightly off center on reverse.

From the George Bernert Collection.