393, Lot: 190. Estimate $300. Sold for $630. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.28 g, 12h). 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 monogram of Tyre to left, ΓΞP (date) above monogram to right. SC 1835.2b; HGC 9, 883; DCA 122. Near EF, a few light marks.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection.