Details
LOT 3231
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios I Soter AR Tetradrachm. Undated issue, struck 162-155/4 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Diademed head to right within wreath / Tyche, holding sceptre and cornucopia, seated to left on throne supported by tritoness facing to right; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ in right field, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ in left field; monogram of ΓΑ to outer left. SC 1638.1j; BMC 29; HGC 9, 795f. Very Fine. Beautifully toned.(16.43gr, 30mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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