CNG 97, Lot: 292. Estimate $750. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.21 g, 1h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 166 (147/6 BC). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left; palm frond behind; ςΞP (date) to left; to right, ΣIΔΩ above aphlaston. SC 1830.5; Rouvier 1232; HGC 9, 882; DCA 122. EF, lightly toned, minor die break on obverse.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 59 (4 April 2011), lot 646.