CNG 87, Lot: 632. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.24 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 AΣ. SC 1835.3d; HGC 9, 883. EF.