CNG 94, Lot: 740. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.16 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 164 (149/8 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ΔΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1835.3c; Rouvier 1861; HGC 9, 883; DCA 123. EF, hairline flan crack, double struck on reverse.

From the RVP Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 90 (23 May 2012), lot 670.