CLASSICAL COINS
SELEUCID KINGDOM OF SYRIA
DEMETRIUS I SOTER, king 162-150 BC. Tetradrachm, Antiochia , 155-154 BC. AR 15.76 g. Diademed head r. within laurel wreath. Rev. BASILEWS - DHMHTRIOU / SWTHROS Tyche, wearing long chiton and mantle, seated l. on throne decorated with winged tritoness; she holds cornucopiae with her l. hand, short scepter in her r. hand; in outer l. field, two monograms, in exergue, date HNR (= year 158 of the Seleucid era). Houghton-Lorber II, 170, 1641.3a. Newell, SMA 102. Excellent portrait of high relief.
Extremely fine

Provenance: Auction Bank Leu AG, Zurich 15 (1976), 348