Seleukid Kingdom. Damascus. Demetrios III Eukairos 97-87 BC. Dated SE 217=96/5 BC
Tetradrachm AR

25mm., 16,01g.

Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, facing statue of Atargatis, with flower and barley stalk rising from each shoulder, two monograms to outer left, monogram to lower right, ZIΣ (date) below.

very fine

SC 2450.5; HGC 9, 1305; DCA 303.