CNG 90, Lot: 672. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.25 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 166 (147/6 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ςΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1835.5b; Rouvier 1868; HGC 9, 883; DCA 123. EF.