293, Lot: 131. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.92 g, 1h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 166 (147/6 BC). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left, with palm frond over shoulder; ςΞP (date) to left; to right, ΣIΔΩ above aphlaston. SC 1830.5; DCA 122; HGC 9, 882. Near EF, edge graze on obverse around 7 o’clock.