Watch List notes:

SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator, first reign, 146-138 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 14.11 g, 12 h), Ptolemaic standard. Tyros, SE 169 = 144/3. Diademed and draped bust of Demetrios II to right. Rev. ΒAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΔHMHTPIOY Eagle, wings closed, standing left on prow; behind, palm frond; in field to left, club surmounted by city monogram; in field to right, ΘΞP above monogram. SC 1959.3b. Bright and attractive. The obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, privately acquired from Bank Leu on 14 December 1973 (with a photocopy of the original invoice enclosed) and ex Münzen & Medaillen AG 47, 30 November-1 December 1972, 526.