Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 1



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                        Lot: 221

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                        SELEUCID KINGDOM: Demetrius III Eucaerus. 97/6-88/7 BC. 
                        AR tetradrachm (16.30 gm).

                        SELEUCID KINGDOM. Demetrius III Eucaerus (97/6-88/7 BC). 
                        Silver tetradrachm (16.30 gm). Damascus. Diademed head 
                        of Demetrius III right, bearded / BASILEWS DHMHTRIOU 
                        QEOU FILOPATOROS SWTHROS, cult figure of Atargatis 
                        standing facing, veiled, holding flower, barley stalks 
                        at each shoulder, N above A in outer left field, [date 
                        and perhaps monogram] in exergue. Apparently unpublished 
                        variant. Cf. SNG Spaer 2853 (QIS), LSM 126 (AKS), and 
                        CSE 861 (BKS). Perhaps unique. Good very fine 


                        Estimated Value: $ 500 




...Sold for $625 USD [ approx 475 EUR, 331.25 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).