Demetrios II Nikator. Silver Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.77 g) Dated 129/128 BC. Tyre

Description

Demetrios II
Nikator
.
129 -125 B.C. Silver Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.77g).
Dated
ΔΠ
P = Seleucid Era Year 184 (129/128 B.C.)
during his second reign.
Tyre
mint.
This type and date is included in the
Report of the Amman Lots of the Qumran Silver Coin Hoards
By Kenneth
Lonnqvist
, 2007, p. 38, plate 4; 59-61.
Obverse: Demetrios II
Nikator
, diademed and draped bust right.
Reverse: BA
Σ
I
Λ
E
ΩΣ Δ
HMHTPIOY; Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, monogram above club surmounted by
Tyre
monogram; to right, monogram above
Tyre
era date
ΔΠ
P (184); monogram between legs.