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LOT 3107
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Tyre mint. Phoenician standard.
Diademed and draped bust to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow to left; palm frond in background; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ZΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1959.1b; Newell, Tyre 82; HGC 9, 970; DCA 153. Very Fine.(13.09gr, 30mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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