258, Lot: 214. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.06 g, 12h). Laodikeia in Phoenicia (Berytos) mint. Dated SE 164 (149/8 BC). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, ΔΞP (date) above monogram; trident to right. SC 1824.3; HGC 9, 881. Good VF, a little porous, reverse slightly off center.