Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 568. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I (Balas). 152/1-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.02 gm, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow of galley, palm-branch over right shoulder; club surmounted by monogram to left, date and monogram to right. SNG Spaer 1545-1546 var. (monogram); Newell, Tyre -; Houghton 750 (this coin). VF, iridescent toning, a few patches of horn silver. ($300)

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.