CNG 111, Lot: 343. Estimate $500. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 12.68 g, 12h). 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. Near EF, underlying luster, a few cleaning marks.