306, Lot: 170. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 12.56 g, 1h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, club surmounted by monogram of Tyre; to right, ΓΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1835.2b; HGC 9, 883; DCA 122. Near EF, bump before chin and across club, minor porosity, bright surfaces.