CNG 106, Lot: 471. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.13 g, 12h). Laodikeia in Phoenicia (Berytos) mint. Dated SE 166 (147/6 BC). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left on palm frond; to left, ςΞP (date) above monogram; trident to right. SC 1824.4; Sawaya 37–44 var. (D14/R– [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 9, 881; DCA 121. EF, small nick on obverse.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 139 (10 May 2006), lot 129.