Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 550. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.87 gm, 12h). Tarsos mint. Diademed head right within wreath / Tyche seated left, holding sceptre and cornucopiae; winged Tritoness supporting throne, monogram to outer left and inner right, club in exergue. SNG Spaer 1308 var. (monograms); Houghton 474 (this coin). VF, light iridescent toning, minor encrustation on reverse. ($300)

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.