SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.99 g, 12h). Unattributed issue from northern Syria. Struck 129 BC.

Triton XXIV
Lot: 769. Estimated: $ 1 000

Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.99 g, 12h). Unattributed issue from northern Syria. Struck 129 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΘEOY NIKATOPO[Σ], Zeus Nikephoros seated left; no control marks. SC 2178; SMA 324; CSE 290; HGC 9, 1128c. Deep old collection tone, with some iridescence, a couple of minor flan cracks. Good VF. Well centered on a broad flan. Very rare.

From the TAB Collection. Ex Nomos 15 (22 October 2017), lot 182 (erroneously attributed to Antioch mint); LHS 102 (29 April 2008), lot 313; Leu 81 (16 May 2001), lot 343; Dr. Feori Pipito Collection (Superior, 12 December 1987), lot 522.


The final winners of all Triton XXIV lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 19-20 January 2021. This lot is in Session Three, which begins 20 January 2021 at 9 AM ET.

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