Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 1



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                        Lot: 211

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                        SELEUCID KINGDOM: Demetrius II. 145-138 BC. AR drachm 
                        (3.36 gm).

                        SELEUCID KINGDOM. Demetrius II, 1st reign (145-138 BC). 
                        Silver drachm (3.36 gm). Perhaps Seleucia in Pieria. 
                        Diademed head of Demetrius II right / BASILEWS DHMHTRIOU 
                        NIKATORO[S],, anchor, flukes upward, PO in inner left 
                        field. Hoover, AJN 12 (2000), pl. 19, 4 (same obverse 
                        die). Cf. CSE 567-568. Extremely rare: only the second 
                        recorded example. Attractive portrait in high relief. 
                        Slight roughness before portrait. Extremely fine 

                        Hoover, AJN 12, p. 103, proposed the attribution to 
                        Seleucia in Pieria and read the letters PO as a date (SE 
                        170 = 142/1 BC). The latter interpretation may be 
                        correct, but there are other anchor drachms with a 
                        symbol or a monogram in this position, e.g., SNG Spaer 
                        1634-1635, opening the possibility that it is a control 
                        rather than a date. 
                        Estimated Value: $ 750 




...Sold for $510 USD [ approx 387.6 EUR, 270.3 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).