76, Lot: 12. Estimate $300. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 150-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.44 gm). Antioch mint. Dated year 166 (?) [Seleukid Era] (147/6 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus seated left on throne, holding Nike and sceptre; monogram in inner left field; date in exergue off flan. Cf. SNG Spaer 1432 (same monogram); cf. Newell, SMA -. Good VF.

From the T. R. McIntosh Collection.

Though the date is off flan, the control mark is known only for 147/6 BC.