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Greece/Seleucid; Demetrius II (First Reign) BCE 146-138


AE 15 mm, 3.17g, 12h, Uncertain mint 94 in N. Syria, BCE 146/4

SC 1922.1b or 2, HSC 1007 (R2)

O: Laur hd of Tyche r, wearing calathus, hair rolled, with long locks escaping down neck, dotted border.

R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r. ΔHMHTPIOY on l., filleted cornucopiae oriented to r.

Date: (inner left beneath fillet) not visible on this piece but should likely be ZΞΡ or HΞΡ (SE 167 or 168=BCE 146/5 or 145/4)


Controls: (inner left above fillet): H/I