296, Lot: 66. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleukis and Pieria. Apameia. Æ (16mm, 4.26 g, 12h). Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right / Alexander(?) advancing left, head right, wearing elephant skin head dress, raising right hand and holding spear and shield in left; ΓΞP (date) downward to left. BMC 1; SNG München –; SNG Copenhagen –; HGC 9, 1426; DCA 134 (Alexander Balas). Good VF, brown patina, earthen highlights. Rare.