Greek coins - Demetrios I Soter Tetradrachmextremely fine (JUN2531)

Hellenistic Monarchies - The Seleukid Kingdom - Demetrios I Soter (162-150 BC) - AR Tetradrachm (Antioch on the Orontes, undated issue, struck circa 161-155/4 BC, 16.50g, 30 mm) - Diademed head right within wreath / BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΔHMHTPIOY Tyche, holding baton and cornucopia, seated left on throne supported by tritoness right, monogram HΡ in exergue (S. 7014, HCG 9) - Choice example with mint lustre on reverse, aXF

"The Seleukid Empire was the largest of the successor states carved from the short-lived empire of Alexander the Great, and arguably the most culturally diverse. Over nearly two and a half centuries it produced an astonishing volume and variety of coinage...from mints scattered across its vast expanse."