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Demetrios II Nikator Tetradrachm

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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC.
AR Tetradrachm.  Sidon mint. Dated SE 168 (145/4 BC).

Diademed and draped bust right.   Rev:  Eagle standing left; palm frond
behind; to left, HΞΡ (date) above ΠΑ monogram; to right, ΣΙΔΩ above aphlaston.

SC 1954.2b;  HGC 9, 969;  DCA 152.

Very Fine with a slightly corroded surface on the obverse