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# 261 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$400
/ Unsold: Available at opening bid of US$ 300 + Buyers Fee
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Seleucid Kingdom, Demetrius III. Tetradrachm
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Seleucid Kingdom, Demetrius III. 97/6-88/7 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.19gg. (12h). Damascus, Year 219=95/4 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Demetrius III right with fringe of curly beard at jawline; fillet border. Rx: BACIËEÙC / ÄHMHTPIOV / ÈEOV in three lines on right, ÖIËOÐATOPOC / CÙTHPOC in two lines on left, Cult statue of Atargatis standing facing, holding flower in left hand, grain stalk rising from each shoulder; in left field, N above OTA monogram; in exergue, date È[IÓ] followed by HÄ monogram; all within laurel wreath. SC 2450.8. SNG Spaer 2854 (same dies). Hoover, Houghton, and Vesely, The Silver Mint of Damascus, AJN 20, 2008, p. 330, 51-52, pl. 74 (A8/P46-7; P46 and P47 seem to be the same reverse die). VF/Fine+.
Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection.
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