389, Lot: 341. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 14.12 g, 1h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 166 (147/6 BC). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left, with palm frond over shoulder; ςΞP (date) to left; to right, ΣIΔΩ above aphlaston. SC 1830.5; HGC 9, 882; DCA 122. Good VF, toned, a couple marks on obverse.