Seleukid Empire, Demetrios I Soter Imitative AR Drachm. Struck in Commagene, temp. Samos II to Mithradates I, circa 140-70 BC. Diademed head to right / Cornucopiae; blundered legends ..ΣIΔE..HNHT..(sic). Cf. SC 1770-74; cf. O. Hoover, "Notes on Some Imitation Drachms of Demetrius I Soter from Commagene" in AJN 10 (1998), pl. 10-12 (these dies unlisted); cf. HGC 9, 809-12. 2.25g, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine; flan cracks. A rare and interesting imitation.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.