237, Lot: 48. Estimate $200. Sold for $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.88 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Dated SE 166 (147/6 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; Φ to outer left, monogram to inner left, ςΞΡ (date) and [monogram] in exergue. SC 1784.8b or 1784.8j; HGC 9, 875a. VF, light porosity, old scratch on cheek.