Triton XVIII, Lot: 160. Estimate $500. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.02 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Undated issue, struck SE 162/3 (151-149 BC). Diademed head right / [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY [Θ]EOΠATOPOΣ [E]YEPΓETOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; monogram in exergue. SC 1785.1a; SMA 178; HGC 9, 887a; Sunrise 201 (this coin). Good VF, lightly toned, a little off center.
From the Sunrise Collection.