Seleucid Kingdom. Demetrios II Nikator, second reign, 129–125 BC

Seleucid Kingdom. Demetrios II Nikator, second reign, 129–125 BC

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Seleucid Kingdom. Demetrios II Nikator, second reign, 129–125 BC

Antioch on the Orontes mint, probably struck 129/128 BC Æ

Reverse: Nike advancing left, holding a wreath in her extended right hand and a long palm frond over her shoulder. The surrounding legend is:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ

“Of King Demetrios, the Divine, the Victorious.”

18mm; 4.8g