SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator, first reign, 146-138 BC. AE (Bronze, 23 mm, 12.41 g, 1 h), uncertain mint 94, circa 144/3. Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΔHMHTPIOY - ΘΕΟΥ / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦOY / NIKATOPOΣ Athena standing front, head to left, holding Nike in her right hand and spear and shield with her left. SC 1919.4a. Beautiful earthen highlights. Very fine.
From the S. Pozzi Collection and the collection of P. Arnaud, Hess-Divo 307, 7 June 2007, 1319 and from the M. Lafaille Collection, Münzen & Medaillen 76, 19-20 September 1991, 574.