SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Demetrios I Soter, 162-150 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31 mm, 16.57 g, 12 h), Antiochia on the Orontes, SE 161 = 152/1 BC. Diademed head of Demetrios I to right within wreath. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΔHMHTPIOΥ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ Tyche seated left on throne supported by tritoness right, holding short scepter in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left; to outer left, two monograms; in exergue, AΞP (date). SC 1641.6d. A lovely example with a very attractive, near black patina. Thin die break on the obverse, otherwise, extremely fine.
From a Bavarian Collection, formed in the early 2000s.