Ex Charrin and Houghton Collections
Published in SC and CSE

CNG 109, Lot: 304. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.97 g, 11h). Ekbatana mint. Series 1, circa 162-161/58 BC. Diademed head right; monogram below chin / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow in right hand, resting left hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos. SC 1732 (this coin referenced and illustrated); CSE 1244 (this coin); HGC 9, 802c. EF, attractively toned. Rare.

From the MNL Collection. Ex François Charrin Collection (CGB e-Monnaies, 15 December 2015), lot 43; Arthur Houghton Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 69, 8 June 2005), lot 559.