205, Lot: 232. Estimate $150. Sold for $198. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.97 g, 1h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm branch over shoulder; to left, club surmounted by monogram of Tyre; to right, EΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1835.4a; Newell, Tyre 66. Good VF, some areas of light surface roughness.