438, Lot: 208. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.50 g, 12h). Laodikeia in Phoenicia (Berytos) mint. Dated SE 164 (149/8 BC). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left on palm branch; to left, ΔΞP (date) above monogram; trident to right. SC 1824.3; HGC 9, 881; DCA 121. Good VF, some light marks and scratches, minor roughness.