Description: Seleukid Kingdom, Demetrios II Nikator (145 - 138 BC - first reign). Bearded head of Zeus right / BAΣIΛEOΣ ΔHMHTΡIOΥ ΘEOΥ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOΥ NIKATOΡOΣ; Apollo seated left on omphalos, arrow in extended right, resting left on bow, monograms in exergue.

Diameter: AE25 mm

Weight: 11,76 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: Houghton, 225; SNG Spaer 1616

Commentary: bronze patina, some light deposits on obverse

History: Demetrios fled to Crete after an usurper Alexander Balas took power, but returned some years later and regained power with the help of Ptolemy VI and Cretan mercenaries.

Article Number: 022-08-01-41652