CNG 93, Lot: 506. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.18 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left; palm frond behind; ΓΞP (date) to left; to right, ΣIΔΩ above aphlaston. SC 1830.2; Rouvier 1228; HGC 9, 882; DCA 122. EF, bright surfaces, some die wear on obverse.