Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 566. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $445. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I (Balas). 152/1-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.17 gm, 1h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on prow of galley, palm-branch over right shoulder; club surmounted by monogram to left, date and monogram to right. SNG Spaer -; Newell, Tyre 66; Houghton 746 (this coin). VF, attractive light iridescent toning. ($300)

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.