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Greece/Seleucid; Demetrius I Soter BCE 162-150


AE 20 mm, 8.53 g, 12h, Tyre mint   SE 158=BCE 155/4

SC 1672, SNG Spaer 1321-25, Newell Tyre 50

O : diad hd of Demetrius r., one diadem end flying up behind, the other falling forward over shoulder, dotted border.

R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY in two lines above, TYPIΩN and Phoenician inscription “of Tyre” in two lines in ex., stern of galley, date above, dotted border.

Date above stern: LHNP.


Controls: none