Description

Seleukid Kingdom. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 B.C. AR drachm (3.20g/ 18mm). Antioch on the Orontes?, S.E. 168 (145/4 B.C.). Diademed head of Demetrios II right / [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟ[Υ] ΘΕΟΥ ΦΙΛΑ-ΔΕΛΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤ-ΟΡΟΣ, Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; in outer left field, star. SC 1908.4g; HGC 9, 976d.