★ The finest obverse die in Demetrios' Antiochian series, x Leu 28, 5-6 May 1981, 197 ★

SELEUKID KINGS. Demetrios I Soter, 162-150 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31 mm, 16.62 g, 12 h), Antiochia on the Orontes, SE 158 = 155/4 BC. Diademed head of Demetrios I to right within laurel wreath. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΔHMHTPIOY / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ Tyche, holding scepter in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left, seated left on throne supported by tritoness right; to left, monogram of AΠ above monogram of TAN (?); in exergue, HNP (date). CSE 150 ( same obverse die ). SC 1641.3c. SMA 103. Beautifully toned and struck from arguably the finest obverse die in Demetrios' Antiochian series, with a magnificent portrait struck in high relief. The obverse struck somewhat off center and with minor doubling on the reverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.

From the Basileiai Hellēnikai Collection of Exceptional Tetradrachms, ex Leu 28, 5-6 May 1981, 197.