306, Lot: 171. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.36 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left, with palm branch over shoulder; to left, club surmounted by monogram of Tyre; to right, EΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1835.4c; HGC 9, 883; DCA 122. EF, hairline flan crack, bright surfaces.