SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 14.00 g, 12h). Phoenician standard. Laodikeia in Phoenicia (Berytos) mint. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond over far shoulder; monogram to left; to right, ZΞP (date) above trident. SC 1952.1a; Sawaya 50–2 var. (D19/R– [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 9, 968; DCA 151. Toned, a few tiny flan flaws on obverse. EF. From the James Fox Collection.
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