Ex Houghton - CSE Plate Coin

264, Lot: 156. 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 (30mm, 16.42 g, 1h). Antioch mint. Dated SE 164 (149/8 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram to outer left, ΔΞP (date) and monogram in exergue. SC 1782.3g = CSE 177 (this coin); HGC 875a. Good VF, toned, flan crack.

From the Stephen Glover Collection. Ex Arthur Houghton Collection, 177.