Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 567. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I (Balas). 152/1-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.18 gm, 1h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow of galley, palm-branch over right shoulder; club surmounted by monogram to left, date and monogram to right. SNG Spaer 1545-1546 (same obv. die); Newell, Tyre 79; Houghton 749 (this coin). Good VF, iridescent toning. ($400)

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.