Rare Monogram

440, Lot: 202. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.59 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ΓΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1835.2 var. (unlisted monogram); SC Online –; Rouvier –; HGC 9, 883; DCA 123; CNG 90, lot 668 (same monogram). VF, some porosity, light marks and scratches. Rare monogram, only the CNG 90 specimen on CoinArchives.