SELEUCID KINGDOM OF SYRIA. DEMETRIOS III PHILOPATOR SOTER, king 95-88 BC. Tetradrachm, Damascus, dated 91-90. AR 15.33 g. Diademed bust r. with short beard. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΔHMHTPIOY / ΘEOY - ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ / EYΣEBOYΣ Facing cult image of goddess Atargatis, wearing long veil, both hands outstretched, holding flower in her l. hand, the head flanked by two corn ears; in outer l. field, N/A, low in r. field, monogram, below ground line, date BKΣ (year 222 of the Seleucid era); whole in a laurel wreath. Hoover/Houghton/Vesely 332,90 (same obv. die); Houghton collection 87,861; Houghton- Lorber, SC II,591,2451.7; Newell, LSM 126. Rare issue and variety. Short, oblong flan. Extremely fine

Provenance:
From a Swiss Colletion.
A.A. Houghton III, New York collection
Auction Numismatic Fine Arts, Inc., Beverly Hills XVIII (1987),397
Auction Giessener Münzhandlung D. Gorny GmbH, Munich 67 (1994),341