CNG 87, Lot: 627. Estimate $500. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.12 g, 12h). Laodikeia in Phoenicia (Berytos) mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to right, ΓΞP (date) above monogram; trident to left. SC 1824.2; HGC 9, 881. Near EF.