CNG 108, Lot: 340. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 4.18 g, 12h). Seleukeia in Pieria mint. Diademed head right / Anchor, flukes upward; lotus flower to inner left. SC 1927.1; HGC 9, 982. EF, toned. Excellent metal for issue. Rare.

From the MNL Collection, purchased from Dominique Thirion, 11 October 2014.