Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 563. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I (Balas). 152/1-145 BC. AR Drachm (4.11 gm, 12h). Antioch mint. Undated issue, struck 150/49 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos; monogram to outer left and in exergue. SNG Spaer 1405 var. (no outer left monogram); SMA 173; Houghton 185 (this coin). Good VF, toned. Well struck on a broad flan. ($200)

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.