CNG 108, Lot: 341. Estimate $300. Sold for $707. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 12.73 g, 1h). Phoenician standard. Laodikeia in Phoenicia (Berytos) mint. Dated SE 168 (145/4 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond over far shoulder; two monograms to left; to right, HΞP (date) above trident. SC 1952.2 var. (lower left monogram); Rouvier 455 var. (same); HGC 9, 968; DCA 151. VF, toned, porous. Apparently unique variety.

From the MNL Collection, purchased from Shick Coins, 19 May 2014.