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Item Sold At Auction #40
Lot Number: 64571
Final Sale Price: $192.50
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. Hoover 973.
Newell, "The Seleucid
  Coinages of Tyre," ANSNNM 73, -; Houghton -; SNG Spaer -. Good VF. Estimate $150.


Online auction number 40 closed October 22, 2001.

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