Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 544. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.58 gm, 12h). Antioch mint. Struck circa 162-156 BC. Diademed head right within wreath / BASILEWS DHMHTROU, Tyche seated left, holding baton in right hand, cornucopiae in left; winged Tritoness supporting throne, monogram in exergue. SNG Spaer 1258; SMA 84; Houghton -. Near EF, light golden toning around devices. Perfectly centered with lots of eye appeal. ($400)

Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XVI (2 December 1985), lot 245; Numismatic Fine Arts VIII (6 June 1980), lot 337.