Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1028. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.17 g, 1h). Antioch mint. Struck circa 162-155/4 BC. Diademed head right within wreath / BASILEWS DHMHTRIOU, Tyche, fully clothed, seated left, holding baton in right hand, cornucopiae in left; winged Tritoness supporting throne, monogram to outer left. SMA 82; SNG Spaer 1261 var. (monogram); Houghton 144 (this coin). Good VF, toned, light surface marks on obverse, light cleaning scratches on reverse. ($400)

From the Arthur Houghton Collection, 144.