CNG 87, Lot: 628. 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 (26mm, 13.96 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 164 (149/8 BC). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; ΔΞP (date) to right; to left, ΣIΔΩ above aphlaston. SC 1830.3; HGC 9, 882. Near EF, a couple scrapes, die shift on reverse.