CNG 109, Lot: 309. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 14.03 g, 1h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond in background; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, EΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1835.4a; HGC 9, 883; DCA 123. Good VF, iridescent tone.

From the MNL Collection, purchased from Eukratides Ancient Numismatics, October 2009.