441, Lot: 173. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 13.53 g, 12h). Phoenician standard. Tyre mint. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond in background; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ZΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1835.6b; HGC 9, 883; DCA 123. VF, toned, some roughness and slightly off center on obverse.