CNG 109, Lot: 310. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.65 g, 1h). “Antioch on the Persian Gulf” mint. Struck circa 150-145 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow in right hand, resting left hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monograms to outer left and outer right. SC 1866.3 (this coin referenced and illustrated [erroneously labeled 1866.1 on the plate]); Mørkholm, Seleucid, p. 37, dies A3/P3 (third example) = Houghton & Le Rider, "Un trésor de monnaies hellénistiques trouvé près de Suse," RN 1966, 100 = CSE 1099 (this coin); HGC 872 (this coin illustrated). VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die. Extremely rare, only one of three known for this issue, the other two in museums (Copenhagen and Tehran).

From the MNL Collection, purchased from Eukratides Ancient Numismatics, October 2009. Ex Arthur Houghton Collection; Susiana, 1965(?) Hoard (IGCH 1806).