122, Lot: 123. Estimate $100. Sold for $131. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I (Balas). 152/1-145 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.25 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Undated issue, struck 150/49 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos; monogram in exergue. SNG Spaer 1397 var. (control mark to outer left); SMA 176; Houghton 187 (this coin). VF, iridescent toning.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.