Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 906. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.20 g, 1h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over shoulder; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, date above HP monogram. SNG Spaer 1529; Newell, Tyre 58. EF, toned, hints of blue iridescence on reverse.