CNG 93, Lot: 505. Estimate $500. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.14 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. Good VF, bright surfaces, light scuff at edge on reverse.