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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 15.78 g, 12h). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 184 (129/8 BC). Diademed and bearded head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; ΞΔ monogram below throne, ΔΠΡ (date) in exergue. SC 2181.2b; Schwei Group 2, dies A4/P19 (unlisted die combination); HGC 9, 1116d; DCA 223. A few light marks, roughness and patches of find patina on reverse. VF. Unpublished die combination.
Ex Goldberg 96 (14 February 2017), lot 1782.
The discovery of this die combination validates the relative chronology of the obverse dies set out by Schwei. Previously, obverse die A4 was only known for this issue with reverse die R18, and was not linked to any reverse dies of obverse A5. Reverse die R19, however, was only known to be paired with A5, so the present coin with dies A4/R19, now links obverse dies A4 and A5.
Ex Goldberg 96 (14 February 2017), lot 1782.
The discovery of this die combination validates the relative chronology of the obverse dies set out by Schwei. Previously, obverse die A4 was only known for this issue with reverse die R18, and was not linked to any reverse dies of obverse A5. Reverse die R19, however, was only known to be paired with A5, so the present coin with dies A4/R19, now links obverse dies A4 and A5.