SELEUKID KINGS. Demetrios III Eukairos, 97/6-88/7 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25.5 mm, 15.13 g, 12 h), Damascus, dated BKΣ (222) of the Seleukid Era = 91/90. Diademed and bearded head of Demetrios to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / BΚΣ Cult statue of Atargatis standing facing with a barley stalk rising from each shoulder, her right hand extended and holding a flower in her left; in the outer left field, Ν above Δ; all within laurel wreath. DCA 304. HGC 9, 1305. HHV 77 (A11/P70, this coin). SC 2451.5. SNG Spaer 2865. Dark patina. Only two examples noted by HHV with this combination of controls and date. Surface roughness, some scratches and marks, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.
From a European collection ex Monnaies et Médailes 52, 19 June 1975, 221 & Monnaies et Médailes FPL 256, July-August 1965, 49.