CNG 87, Lot: 631. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.02 g, 1h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 164 (149/8 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to right, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to left, ΔΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1835.3c; HGC 9, 883. EF.