173, Lot: 365. Estimate $100. Sold for $87. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. Æ 21mm (8.16 g). Quasi-municipal issue. Apamea mint. Struck SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus standing left, holding helmet and sceptre; control mark and GXR (date) in left field. SNG Spaer 1487-8. Good VF, dark brown patina.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection.