Description: Seleukid Kingdom, Demetrios II Nikator (1st reign: 146 - 140 BC). Laureate head of Zeus right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIΩY ΘEOY ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOΥ NIKATOPOΣ; Athena standing left, with spear and shield, holding Nike crowning her with wreath, monogram in right field.

Diameter: AE24 mm

Weight: 12,74 g

Grade: gF/aVF

Attribution: Sear 7065, HGC 9, 993

Commentary: black patina, well centered, good details, some deposits

History: In the battle fought in the Iranian mountains in 138 BC, the Seleukid forces were defeated, Demetrios II captured and the Babylonian province lost to Parthia.

Article Number: 032-02-03-41652