104, Lot: 97. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 150-146/145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.84 gm). Antioch mint. Diademed head right / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre; monogram in exergue. SNG Spaer -; SMA -; Houghton 184 var. (different monogram, same obverse die). Toned VF, flan flaw on neck.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.