GY85817. Bronze AE 21, Mantis ANS 1944.100.77326 (also same countermark on obv.), Houghton-Lorber II 1957, HGC 9 999 (R3),, F, green patina, porous; c/m: F, Sidon (Saida, Lebanon) mint, weight 6.031g, maximum diameter 20.7mm, die axis 0
o, 146 - 138 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Demetrios II right, countermark: war galley prow in round incuse punch; reverse galley left, BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΔHMHTPIOY (King Demetrius) in two lines above, ΣIΔΩNΩN over
(Greek and Phoenician both reading "of the Sidonians") below; ex Moneta Numismatic Services;
extremely rare;
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