Ex Raymond and Houghton Collections
326. SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.55 g, 1h). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 185 (128/7 BC). Diademed head right within fillet border / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; — to outer left, ¢ below throne, E∏r (date) in exergue. SC 2181.5 (this coin referenced); Schwei Group 4, 70 (A11/P41) = CSE 839 (this coin); LSM –; HGC 9, 1116d; DCA 223. Near EF, attractive deep iridescent tone. ($2000) From the MNL Collection. Ex Jencek Historical Enterprise inventory Y04022 (November 2012); W. K. Raymond Collection; Arthur Houghton Collection; Numismatic Art & Ancient Coins 2 (15 May 1981), lot 98.
327. SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander II Zabinas. 128-122 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 16.66 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right in fillet border / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; ÷ to outer left, Å5 below throne. SC 2219.4d; SMA 355; HGC 9, 1149d. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare, only one noted in SMA, one in CoinArchives. ($1500) From the MNL Collection. Ex Tkalec (28 February 2013), lot 101 (misattributed).
Sole Reign of Cleopatra Thea
328. SELEUKID EMPIRE. Kleopatra Thea. Sole Reign, 125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 15.75 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Dated SE 187 (125 BC). Diademed and veiled bust right, wearing stephanos, within fillet border / ∫`%5¬5%%˙% ˚¬Eo∏`tr`% QE`% EUErt˙r5`%, filleted double cornucopia; o to inner right, z∏r (date) and aphlaston below. SC 2258.1b; LSM 7 var. (monogram); HGC 9, 1180; CSE 803; DCA 251. VF, toned, surfaces smoothed, a few marks. Extremely rare. ($15,000) 96