Watch List notes:

SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Demetrios I Soter, 162-150 BC. AE (Bronze, 25 mm, 15.67 g, 1 h), uncertain mint 83, possibly in Cilicia or Northern Syria. Head of a lion with long mane to left. Rev. [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] - ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ Head of a boar to right; behind to left, monogram of AB. SC 1660.1. Very rare and among the finest known. Light smoothing, otherwise, good very fine.


This coin is part of an exceptional series of Seleukid bronze coins showing various wild animals. They were struck under Demetrios I Soter and may reflect his personal preference for the hunt.