122, Lot: 122. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I (Balas). 152/1-145 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.17 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Undated issue, struck 150/49 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos; monogram to outer left, Q in exergue. SNG Spaer 1397 var. (control mark in exergue); SMA 175; Houghton 186 (this coin). VF, toned.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.