From the Gemini IV Auction, Closed January 8, 2008.



                  Lot # 219 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$2000 / Price 
                  Realized: US$1285 
                  SELEUCID KINGDOM. Demetrius II Nicator. Silver drachm 



             



            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 Unpublished.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. 

            The legend gives the titles of Demetrius II in their fullest form, 
            “Brother-Loving God, Victor.” Several mints of Demetrius II used 
            more than one form of his titles on their coinage, so the legend 
            alone is not an obstacle to associating this anchor drachm with the 
            preceding lot. It, too, may be an issue of Seleucia in Pieria. 




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

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