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LOT 2742

Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second reign, 129-125 BC.

Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck 129-128 BC. Diademed and bearded head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑ-ΤΟΡΟΣ, Zeus seated to left, holding Nike in his right hand and long sceptre with his left; Ξ to outer left, Δ beneath throne. SC 2166.2a; HGC 9, 1117b corr. (photo marked 1117a). Very Fine. Toned, areas of roughness and delaminations.(14.00gr, 30mm, 12h.).

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

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LOT 2742

Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm.

Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)

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