193, Lot: 117. Estimate $150. Sold for $410. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. Æ 21mm (6.41 g, 12h). Berytos mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed head right; [GXR] (date) below neck truncation (off flan) / Ba’al-Berit standing facing, holding phiale and trident; ΛA to left, monogram to right. SC 1825.1; Z. Sawaya, “Le Monayage Municipal Seleucide de Berytos (169/8-114/3 av. J.-C.),” NC (2004), 75 var. (D3/R-; rev. die not listed). VF, green-brown patina. Rare.