335, Lot: 212. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.92 g, 1h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 166 (147/6 BC). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left, with palm frond over shoulder; ςΞP (date) to left; to right, ΣIΔΩ above aphlaston. SC 1830.5; HGC 9, 882; DCA 122. Good VF, edge graze on obverse around 7 o’clock.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 293 (19 December 2012), lot 131.