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Greece/Seleucid; Demetrius I BCE 162-150

AR Drachm, 17.3mm, 4.05 g., Antioch mint, Yr. 161 S.E.= BCE 152/1

SNG Spaer 1279, CSE 159 v, SG 7019 v, SC 1642.3d

O: Diad. hd of Demetrius r. fillet border
R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΟΤHPOΣ, monograms and SE date AΞP in lower field, cornucopiae to rt.

Ex: Zuzim Judea (NY)

Acquisition: 2008
Tantalus ID# 35558

Biographical info: http://www.sfagn.info/information/gb_demetrios_i.html

Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus XII circa 88 - 84 BCE


AE 19mm, 4.98 g. Damascus mint
O: diad bust r.
R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΔIONYΣΟY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ KAΛΛINIKOY, nude Apollo stg l. holding palm branch and resting l elbow on tripod.
CSE 869 v.
Ex: David Liebert/Time Machine

Acquisition: 2008