318, Lot: 281. Estimate $300. Sold for $457. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.22 g, 1h). Antioch mint. Dated SE 164 (149/8 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram to inner left, ΔΞP (date) and monogram in exergue. SC 1782.3d; HGC 9, 875a; DCA 118. Near EF, lightly toned, minor doubling at chin.

From the Demetrios Armounta Collection.