Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 419. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $545. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.71 g, 1h). Antioch mint. Dated SE 164 (149/8 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; [control to outer left], monogram to inner left, date in exergue. SC 1782.2; cf. SMA 142-4. EF, a few light scratches.