Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 551. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $385. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.22 gm, 12h). Uncertain mint in Cilicia. Diademed head right within wreath / Tyche seated left, holding sceptre and cornucopiae; winged Tritoness supporting throne, monograms to outer left and right. Cf. SNG Spaer 1311; Houghton 551 (this coin). VF, iridescent toning. ($300)

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.