SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.18 g, 1h). Phoenician standard. Sidon mint. Dated SE 168 (145/4 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left; palm frond over far shoulder; to left, HΞΡ (date) above ΠΑ monogram; to right, ΣΙΔΩ above aphlaston. SC 1954.2b; HGC 9, 969; DCA 152. Iridescent tone, tiny die breaks, light scuff on obverse. EF. From the North River Collection, purchased from Brian Kritt, January 2000.
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