CNG 90, Lot: 665. Estimate $400. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.04 g, 12h). Laodikeia in Phoenicia (Berytos) mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, ΓΞP (date) above monogram; trident to right. SC 1824.2; Sawaya 23-4 (D7/R12); Rouvier 451; HGC 9, 881; DCA 121. Near EF, light surface marks. Rare.