CNG 112, Lot: 325. Estimate $500. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.16 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond over far shoulder; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ZΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1959.1c; HGC 9, 970; DCA 153. Toned. Good VF.

From the John L. Cowan Collection, purchased from Klassische Münzen (Dr. Michael Brandt; his stock ticket included), 15 March 2016.