Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA, Demetrios I, Tetradrachm, Antioch on the Orontes, c. 162-155, diademed bust right within laurel wreath, rev. βασιλεωσ δημητριου, Tyche seated left on backless throne decorated with winged Tritoness, holding short sceptre and cornucopia, ant monogram in left field, 16.85g (SC 1638.1n; BMC 26 var.). Obverse struck slightly off-centre, otherwise better than very fine, lightly toned £180-£220