443, Lot: 136. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.24 g, 12h). Phoenician standard. Tyre mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 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, ΓΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1835.2b; HGC 9, 883; DCA 123. Near VF, toned, rough surfaces, a little off center on reverse.