Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 575. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $465. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146/5-139 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.47 gm, 1h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head right / Tyche seated left, holding sceptre and cornucopiae; winged Tritoness supporting throne; monogram in exergue. SNG Spaer 1752-1753 var. (monogram); Houghton 1008 = P. Strauss, "Un trésor de monnaies hellénistiques trouvé près de Suse," RN 1971, 123 (this coin). Good VF, iridescent toning. ($400)

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.