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122, Lot: 127. Estimate $150.
Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I (Balas). 152/1-145 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.14 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos; two monograms in exergue. SNG Spaer -; P. Strauss, "Un trésor de monnaies hellénistiques trouvé près Suse (2e partie)," RN 1971, 108 (pl. XV, 108) = Houghton 1005 (this coin). VF, toned. Rare.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection. Ex Susiana, 1965? Hoard (IGCH 1806).