229, Lot: 211. Estimate $100. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.16 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on ship’s ram, palm branch over shoulder; to left, monogram of Tyre above club; EΞP (date) above monogram to right. SC 1836.3; HGC 9, 886. VF, cleaned and retoned.