CNG 88, Lot: 471. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.21 g, 1h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ZΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1835.6a; HGC 9, 883. EF.