CNG 90, Lot: 671. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.18 g, 1h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 166 (147/6 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ςΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1835.5a; Rouvier 1870; HGC 9, 883; DCA 123. EF.