375, Lot: 65. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.18 g, 1h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; club surmounted by Tyre monogram to left; to right, ΓΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1835.2b; HGC 9, 883; DCA 123. Near EF, two light scratches on cheek, reverse struck slightly off center.
From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 296 (13 February 2013), lot 72.