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Greece/Seleucid; Demetrius II Nikator (first reign) BCE 146-138


AE 18 mm, 5.58 g, 12h, Sidon mint (Quasi-municipal coinage) beveled edge.

SC 1957 with countermark 133 (ship’s ram in circular punch 5 mm dia)
HSC 999 (R3) though more reasonably R2

O: diad hd of Demetrius II r., dotted border  c/m 133 at 9 o’clock.

R:  BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗMHTPIOY in two lines above, ΣIΔΩNIΩN with Phoenician inscription below reading L’S’don in two lines in ex Galley left dotted border.

Controls: none