Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 875. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I (Balas). 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.11 gm). Tyre mint. Dated SE 166 (147/6 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow of galley, palm-branch behind right shoulder; club surmounted by TYP monogram to left, CXP (date) and monogram to right. SNG Spaer 1538; Newell, Tyre 75. EF, toned, strike a touch soft, two small edge splits. ($300)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Smythe & Co. 215 (26 October 2001), lot 1461.