Sale: CNG 64, Lot: 397. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003.  Sold For $390. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II. First Reign, 145-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.19 gm). Tyre mint. Dated year 167 (146/5 BC). Diademed bust right / Eagle standing left on galley; Tyre monogram to left, date and monogram to right. SNG Spaer 1677; Houghton 752 (this coin). Toned, nice VF. Scarce. ($300)

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.