Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 905. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios III Philopator. 95-88 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.65 gm). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 224 (89/8 BC). Diademed head right / Cult statue of Atargatis facing; N above monogram to outer left, DKS (date) and monogram in exergue; all within wreath. Cf. SNG Spaer 2862; cf. LSM 129. Good VF, some minor marks and a trace of porosity. Rare. ($750)