165, Lot: 64. Estimate $200. Sold for $263. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.62 g). Antioch mint. Diademed head right / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre; monogram in exergue, back of throne visible behind Zeus. SNG Spaer 1395 var. (monogram); SMA -, but see 176 for this monogram on a drachm. VF, The throne back is rarely shown on the tetradrachms of Alexander Balas.