CNG 111, Lot: 338. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.70 g, 9h). Susa mint. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monogram to outer left, Δ exergue. SC 1711.3 corr. (control marks); Le Rider, Suse, pl. VI, C (same dies); HGC 9, 790c. Good VF, toned, some die wear, a hint of porosity. Very rare.

From the MNL Collection, purchased from Frank Kovacs, August 2011.