SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Drachm (17.5mm, 3.92 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 168 (145/4 BC). VF.

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Lot: 349. Estimated: $ 200

Greek, Silver

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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Drachm (17.5mm, 3.92 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 168 (145/4 BC). Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, nude, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand holding tip of bow set on ground to right, seated left on omphalos; [star to outer left], monogram to inner right and between legs, [HΞP (date) in exergue]. SC 1908.4i (this coin referenced); HGC 9, 976d; DCA 156; CSE 224 (this coin). Toned, flan cracks. VF.

From the Weise Collection. Ex Arthur H. Houghton Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 121, 24 August 2005), lot 131.


Closing Date and Time: 4 October 2023 at 11:56:00 ET.

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