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Seleucid Kingdom, Demetrius III. Tetradrachm.
97/6-88/7 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.19g (12h). Damascus, Year 219=95/4 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Demetrius III right with fringe of curly beard at jawline; fillet border. Rx: BACIΛEΩC / ΔHMHTPIOV / ΘEOV in three lines on right, ΦIΛOΠATOPOC / CΩTHPOC 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 Θ[IΣ] followed by HΔ 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). Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. VF/Fine+.
97/6-88/7 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.19g (12h). Damascus, Year 219=95/4 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Demetrius III right with fringe of curly beard at jawline; fillet border. Rx: BACIΛEΩC / ΔHMHTPIOV / ΘEOV in three lines on right, ΦIΛOΠATOPOC / CΩTHPOC 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 Θ[IΣ] followed by HΔ 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). Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. VF/Fine+.