★ Very unusual Drachm of Demetrios I ★

SELEUKID KINGS. Demetrios I Soter, 162-150 BC. Drachm (Silver, 16.5 mm, 4.02 g, 12 h), struck under the magistrates Philip and Theo, Ekbatana, AΞP = SE 161 = 152-151. Diademed head of Demetrios I to right. Rev. ΦIΛIΠ• BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΔHMHTPIOY / ΣΩTHPOΣ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding an arrow in his right hand and resting a bow on the ground with his left; in the outer left field, AΞP and ΘE•. CSE 1262. SC 1737.3. SNG Spaer 1384. Lightly toned and of fine style. Nearly extremely fine.

From the Eudoxos collection, Switzerland.

The magistrate Philip is also known from tetradrachms, as SC 1730.1. On the contrary, this issue seems to be the only one to bear the name of the magistrate The..