177, Lot: 126. Estimate $200. Sold for $205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander II Zabinas. 128-122 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.91 g, 12h). Tarsos mint. Struck circa 125-122 BC. Diademed head right / Sandan standing right on back of horned, winged animal standing right; two monograms to outer left. Babelon, Rois -; SNG Spaer 2419 (same dies); Houghton 486 (same dies). VF, lightly toned, light porosity. Rare.

During Alexander’s reign, the local Sandan type became the predominant reverse type at Tarsos, supplanting the usual Seleukid types of Apollo and Nike.