302, Lot: 182. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 14.30 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, club surmounted by monogram of Tyre; to right, ΓΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1835.2b; HGC 9, 883; DCA 122. Near EF, struck slight off center.