441, Lot: 172. Estimate $150. Sold for $204. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.56 g, 12h). Phoenician standard. 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 1835.4c; HGC 9, 883; DCA 123. VF, hairline flan crack, rough surfaces.