253, Lot: 190. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.26 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 162 (151/0 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left, palm branch over shoulder; club surmounted by monogram of Tyre to left, BΞP (date) above monogram to right. SC 1835.1; HGC 9, 883. EF, bent flan.