CNG 93, Lot: 504. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.11 g, 12h). Laodikeia in Phoenicia (Berytos) mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left on palm frond; to left, ΓΞP (date) above monogram; trident to right. SC 1824.2; Rouvier 451; HGC 9, 881; DCA 121. Near EF, bright surfaces, a few minor die breaks on obverse.