204, Lot: 20. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.06 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 164 (149/8 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by monogram of Tyre; to right ΔΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1835.4c; Newell, Tyre 70. Good VF, lightly toned, obverse a little off-center.

From the J.S. Vogelaar Collection.