Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 872. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $204. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I (Balas). 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.42 gm). Antioch mint. Diademed head right / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and lotus-tipped sceptre; monogram in exergue. SNG Spaer 1395 var. (monogram); SMA 165. Good VF, red-hued toning around devices. ($300)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.