CNG 90, Lot: 667. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.18 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ΓΞP (date) above AC. SC 1835.2c; Rouvier 1857; HGC 9, 883; DCA 123. EF. Well centered on a broad flan.