Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1505. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleukid Kings. Alexander II. 128-123 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.77 gm). Antioch mint. Diademed head right / BASILEWS right, ALE-XANDROU left, Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike in right hand, lotus-tipped sceptre in left; monogram to left, S under throne. SNG Spaer 2292 (same obverse die); Newell, SMA 353; Houghton, CSE, -. Beautifully toned EF, choice flan, well centered. ($1500)

Ex John W. Garrett Collection, Part II (Numismatic Fine Arts/Bank Leu, 16-18 October 1984), lot 300; Petrowicz Collection (Naville X, 15 June 1925), lot 1368.