302, Lot: 181. Estimate $200. Sold for $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.01 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left, with palm frond over shoulder; EΞP (date) to left; to right, ΣIΔΩ above aphlaston. SC 1830.4; DCA 122; HGC 9, 882. Good VF, die break on neck, light scuff on obverse edge around 3 o’clock, reverse slightly off center.