SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator (first reign, 146-138 BC). AR tetradrachm (16,31 g). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 167 (=146/5 BC). Diademed head of Demetrios II to right / BASI?EOS ?HMHTPIOY TEOY F??????FOY NIKATOPOS, Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in right hand and grounded bow in left hand; palm branch in outer left field; Z?? (date) followed by monogram in exergue. Numerous very light cleaning scratches. Some corrosion in the fields and light cleaning scratches on obverse. Bright surfaces.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator (first reign, 146-138 BC). AR tetradrachm (16,31 g). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 167 (=146/5 BC). Diademed head of Demetrios II to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΘEOY ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦOY NIKATOPOΣ, Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in right hand and grounded bow in left hand; palm branch in outer left field; ZΞΡ (date) followed by monogram in exergue. Numerous very light cleaning scratches. Some corrosion in the fields and light cleaning scratches on obverse. Bright surfaces.