SELEUKID KINGS, Demetrios II, first reign, 146-138 BC. Tetradrachm (silver, 29.5mm, 16.55g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes, dated Seleukid year ΙΞΡ (167) = 145-144 BC. Diademed head of Demetrios II to right; all within a filleted border. Rev. BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ - ΘΕΟΥ / ΦΙΛΑΔ-ΕΛΦΟΥ / ΝΙΚΑ-ΤΟΡΟΣ, Apollo seated to left on omphalos, testing arrow with right hand and holding grounded bow with left; in outer left field, palm branch; in inner left field, monogram consisting of ΠΑ; in exergue, ΙΞΡ and monogram consisting ΑΠΥ. HGC 9, 957d. SC 1906.5d. SMA 201. SNG Fitzwilliam 5711. Attractively toned; some die rust on the obverse and some light marks; reverse double struck, otherwise, extremely fine.

Ex Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, 488, ex Hans Krähenbühl Collection (1924-2010), Leu 8, 23 October 2021, 146, and The Numismatic Auction 1, 13 December 1982, 139

Demetrios I Nikator. AR Tetradrachm.

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