SELEUKID KINGS. Demetrios II Nikator, first reign, 146-138 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.53 g, 1 h), Mallos, 145-143/2 BC. Diademed head of Demetrios to right; behind neck, M. Rev. BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ | ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ / ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY | NIKATOPOΣ Cult figure of Athena Magarsia standing facing, wearing a triple-crested Attic helmet, an aegis, and long robes; with her hands held out from her sides, with long fillets hanging from both, and holding a spear in her right; over her shoulders to left and right, rosette; at her feet to left and [right], monogram. Babelon 929 (same dies). CSE II 494 (same dies). HGC 9, 965. Houghton, Mallos 3–4 (A2/P2). SC 1896.2. Extremely rare, lightly toned and of superb quality, with a fine portrait and a fascinating reverse. Nearly extremely fine.
Ex Triton XIX, 5 January 2016 292 and Lanz 158, 5 June 2014, 322.