Watch List notes:

SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator, second reign, 129-126/5 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.68 g, 1 h), Antiochia on the Orontes, cica 129-128. Diademed and bearded head of Demetrios II to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΔHMHTPIOY - ΘEOY / NIKATOPOΣ Zeus seated left, holding Nike in his right hand and long scepter in his left; to outer left, Ξ; below throne, O. Franke-Hirmer pl. 207, 756 V (this coin). SC 2166.2c. Fresh and clear, and with a lovely bearded portrait. Slightly rough, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the collections of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl and M. Hirmer, ex Münzen & Medaillen AG XIX, 5-6 June 1959, 548.