SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.19 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 168 (145/4 BC).Triton XXIV Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver Estimate: $ 500 |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.19 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 168 (145/4 BC). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛ[EΩΣ] ΔHMHTP[IOY] ΘEOY ΦIΛAΔ-EΛΦOY NIKAT-OPOΣ, 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 1908.6f; SMA –; HGC 9, 976d; DCA 156. Trace deposits, cleaning scratches on obverse. EF. |