122, Lot: 134. Estimate $300. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146/5-139 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.31 g, 1h). Soli mint. Struck circa 146/5-144 BC. Diademed head right / Goddess, wearing grain wreath, seated left, resting arm on shield, holding Nike; to outer left, monogram above owl standing right. SNG Spaer -; Houghton, Soli 74 (A1/P1) = Houghton 529 (this coin). VF, toned, struck with slightly worn obverse die, nick on cheek. Rare.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XVIII (31 May 1987), lot 361.