CNG 100, Lot: 1565. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.46 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ΓΞP (date) above HP monogram. SC 1835.2b; Rouvier 1858; HGC 9, 883; DCA 123. Superb EF, toned, a couple scratches under tone on obverse, die break on reverse.