★ Star control mark on reverse ★

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

28mm., 16,08g.

Diademed head right / ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOV ΘEOV ΦIΛOΠΑTOPOΣ [Σ]ΩTHPOΣ, cult statue of Atargatis standing facing, arms extended, holding flower in left hand, barley stalk rising from each shoulder, two monograms to outer left, star to inner left, ZIΣ (date) and monogram in exergue, all within wreath.

good very fine

SC 2450.6a; HHV 34 var. (A6/P- [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 9, 1305; DCA 303.

Only one example in HHV (in the BN).