175, Lot: 114. Estimate $300. Sold for $452. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.60 g, 11h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus seated left holding thunderbolt and scepter; aphlaston below throne, EXR SIDWin exergue. SNG Spaer 1515 (same obverse die); Rouvier 1233. EF, recently cleaned, small flan crack, light field marks. Rare.