136, Lot: 66. Estimate $150. Sold for $116. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 150-146/145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.76 g). Antioch, on the Persian Gulf, mint. Diademed head right / Nude Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in right hand, left hand resting on bow; monogram outer left, monogram outer right. Mørkholm, Seleucid (A4/P4); SNG Spaer -; CSE 1100 (this coin). VF, darkly toned.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.