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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #40
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                 Lot Number: 64571
                 Estimate: $150.00
                 Final Sale Price: $192.50
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                 Denomination: Didrachm
                 Grade: Good VF
                 Reference: Newell -; Houghton -; SNG Spaer -




  Syria, Seleukid Kings. Demetrios II. First reign, 146/5-138 BC. AR Didrachm (6.01
  gm). Tyre mint. Year 167 (146-145 BC). Diademed head of Demetrios right / DHMH-TRIOU
  BASILEWS, Eagle standing left on prow, palm over shoulder, club left surmounted by
  TYP monogram; date (IXR) above control mark in right field. Newell, "The Seleucid
  Coinages of Tyre," ANSNNM 73, -; Houghton -; SNG Spaer -. Good VF. Apparently
  unpublished monogram in standard references; for another example, see Hirsch Auktion
  174 (13-16 May 1992), lot 366. Estimate $150.






Online auction number 40 closed October 22, 2001.



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