318, Lot: 283. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.01 g, 12h). Laodikeia in Phoenicia (Berytos) mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left on palm branch; to left, ΓΞΡ (date) above monogram; trident to right. SC 1824.2; Sawaya 18 (D5c/R7); HGC 9, 881; DCA 121. Good VF, lightly toned, areas of porosity, a few obverse die breaks in field.

From the Demetrios Armounta Collection.