274, Lot: 169. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.25 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 164 (149/8 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over shoulder; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ΔΞΡ (date) above ΑΣ monogram. SC 1835.3d; HGC 9, 883; DCA 123. EF, a few minor edge scuffs, some light marks.