Watch List notes:

SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator, second reign, 129-126/5 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 14.31 g, 1 h), Tyre, SE 183 = 130-129. Diademed and draped bust of Demetrios II to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤ[ΡΙΟΥ] Eagle standing left on prow, wings closed and with palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by monogram; above club, A above ΡΕ; to right, monogram above ΓΠΡ (date); between the eagle's legs, monogram. SC 2195.1b. Lightly toned and with an unusual and attractive portrait. Light deposits, otherwise, good very fine.


From an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s.