Triton XXII, Lot: 320. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 14.15 g, 1h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 166 (147/6 BC). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, eagle standing left, with palm frond over shoulder; ςΞP (date) to left; to right, ΣIΔΩ above aphlaston. SC 1830.5; Rouvier 1232; HGC 9, 882; DCA 122; SNG Spaer 1522 (same obv. die). Choice EF, lightly toned. Well struck.

From the MNL Collection, purchased from Civitas Numismatics, June 2017.