Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 418. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.49 g, 1h). Antioch mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; to outer left, cornucopia above Σ; date in exergue. SC 1781.4c; SMA -. Good VF, minor porosity on obverse.