Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 562. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $330. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I (Balas). 152/1-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.46 gm, 1h). Antioch mint. Undated issue, struck 150/49 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; D in exergue. SNG Spaer 1395 var. (monogram); SMA 170; Houghton 183 (this coin). Good VF, toned, minor edge splits on obverse. ($300)

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.