SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. Æ (25mm, 11.56 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 146-145 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Apollo, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monogram and star in exergue. SC 1912.1a; HGC 9, 992. Earthen green patina. VF.
From the MNL Collection. Ex Dr. Peter Franke Collection (Heidelberger Münzhandlung 64, 20 November 2014), lot 1429.