Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 643. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II. First Reign, 145-138 BC. AR Drachm (4.02 gm). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head right; monogram behind / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. SNG Spaer 1755; Houghton 1011 (this coin). Toned, nice VF. Scarce. ($300)

Ex Arthur Houghton Collection, 1011.