85, Lot: 27. Estimate $150. Sold for $122. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 150-145 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 6.79 gm). Tyre mint. Dated year 167 (146/5 BC). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left on prow of galley, palm over shoulder; club surmounted by monogram in left field; ZXR (date) above AS in right field; monogram between eagle's legs. Cf. BMC Kings of Syria pg. 51, 4 (tetradrachm; different monogram); Newell, Tyre -; SNG Spaer -. Good VF, cleaned. Apparently unique and unpublished.

No didrachms are listed for this date.