136, Lot: 65. Estimate $200. Sold for $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 150-146/145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.75 g). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head right / Zeus seated left, holding Nike in right hand, lotus-tipped sceptre in left. SNG Spaer -; Houghton and LeRider, “Un tresor de monnaies hellenistiques trouve pres de Suse,” in RN 1966, pg. 118, 97 = CSE 1006 (this coin). VF, toned, some minor flan flaws on the obverse.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.