208, Lot: 106. Estimate $200. Sold for $490. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.45 g, 1h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm branch over shoulder; to left, club surmounted by monogram of Tyre; to right, EΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1835.4a; Newell, Tyre 66. EF, minor porosity, light cleaning scratches on both sides.