318, Lot: 282. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.92 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Dated SE 166 (147/6 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram to inner left, ςΞP (date) and monogram in exergue. SC 1784.7h; HGC 9, 875a; DCA 118. Good VF, lightly toned, strike a little soft on high points of hair.