230, Lot: 143. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 13.96 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 166 (147/6 BC). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left; palm frond over shoulder, date to left, ΣΙΔΩ and aplustre to right. SC 1830.5; HGC 9, 882. Good VF, darkly toned.