CNG 88, Lot: 469. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.18 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 164 (149/8 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ΔΞP (date) above HP monogram. SC 1835.3c; HGC 9, 883. Good VF, reverse a little off center.