CNG 105, Lot: 417. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 14.25 g, 1h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 164 (149/8 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ΔΞP (date) above HP monogram. SC 1835.3c var. (monogram); HGC 9, 883; DCA 123. Superb EF, attractive light iridescent tone. Well centered. Unpublished variety.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 88 (8 October 2015), lot 441.