CNG 103, Lot: 361. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.23 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left; palm frond behind; ΓΞP (date) to left; to right, ΣIΔΩ above aphlaston. SC 1830.2; HGC 9, 882; DCA 122. Good VF, lightly toned, a little granularity in field on obverse.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 954612 (July 2013); Roma May 2013 Sale (21 May 2013), lot 595.