204, Lot: 21. Estimate $150. Sold for $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.54 g, 11h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 166 (147/6 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by monogram of Tyre; to right CΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1835.5b; Newell, Tyre 75. Good VF, light porosity.