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                                Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 577. Closing Date: Jun 08, 
                                2005. SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II 
                                Nikator. First reign, 146/5-139 BC. AR 
                                Tetradrachm (16.84 gm, 5h). Susa mint. BID 
                                Estimate $500  

                              SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. 
                              First reign, 146/5-139 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.84 
                              gm, 5h). Susa mint. Diademed head right / Apollo 
                              Delphios seated left on omphalos; monogram to 
                              outer left and right, [and in exergue]. SNG Spaer 
                              -; Houghton 576 = P. Strauss, "Un trésor de 
                              monnaies hellénistiques trouvé près de Suse," RN 
                              1971, 121 (this coin). Good VF, light iridescent 
                              toning. Rare. ($500)

                              From the Arthur Houghton Collection.

                              Demetrios II was the last Seleukid king to rule in 
                              Susa.








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High bid of $850, $977.5 including 15% buyers fee, or approximately €688.5, £467.5, C$1062.5, A$1105, on June 8, 2005.

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