From the Gemini IV Auction, Closed January 8, 2008.
Lot # 219 - Realized: US$1285 


SELEUCID KINGDOM. Demetrius II Nicator. (first reign, 145–138 BC). 
Silver drachm (3.95 gm). , Perhaps Seleucia in Pieria. Diademed head 
of Demetrius II right / [ΒΑ]ΣΙΛΕΩΣ [ΔΗ]ΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ [ΦΙΛ]ΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ 
[ΝΙΚΑ] ΤΟΡΟΣ, anchor, flukes upward. Unpublished. Cf. CSE 569, SNG 
Spaer 1639–1640, and Babelon 937–938 (bronzes with these types and 
this inscription). Obverse struck in exquisite high relief. Some 
minor spotting on reverse. Wonderful mint state. 

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  ... Lot 219 sold for $1285 [ $1477.75, or approx 1019.6475 EUR, 753.6525 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 

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