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LOT 2743
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AE 17mm. Second reign, 129-126/5 BC.
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Laureate and bearded head of Zeus to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath in right hand and palm branch in left; to out left, branch; to inner left, Ξ. HGC 9, 1133. SC 2170.1g. Near Very Fine.(6.12gr, 17mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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