SELEUKID KINGS. Demetrios III Eukairos, 97/6-88/7 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 29 mm, 15.52 g, 1 h), uncertain mint in Cilicia, likely Tarsos, perhaps 88/7. Diademed head of Demetrios III to right. Rev. [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ / ΔHMHTPIOY - ΦΙΛΟMHTOPOΣ / EYEPΓETOY Zeus seated left, holding Nike in his right hand and long scepter in his left; to outer left, monogram of ΠΡⲰ above A; below throne, Δ. HGC 9, 1304. SC 2444b. Extremely rare. Light porosity and some striking weakness, otherwise, good very fine.



The very rare tetradrachms of Demetrios III from Cilicia are not only the only ones to depict him without a beard, but they also feature completely different epithets from those found on coins from Antiochia and Damaskos, where the king is referred to as Theos Philopator Soter ('the god, the father-loving savior'). In contrast, the Cilician coins use the epithets Philometor Euergetes ('mother-loving' and 'benefactor').