Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 547. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.70 gm, 1h). Antioch mint. Dated SE 159 (154/3 BC). Diademed head right within wreath / Tyche seated left, holding sceptre and cornucopiae; winged Tritoness supporting throne, two monograms to outer left, date in exergue. SNG Spaer 1270 var. (upper monogram); SMA 108; Houghton 153 (this coin). VF, iridescent toning. ($300)

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.