SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.12 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). EF.Electronic Auction 564 Greek, 12h, Silver Sold For $ 225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.12 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, nude, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand holding tip of bow set on ground to right, seated left on omphalos; cornucopia to outer left, ΓΞP (date) [and monogram] in exergue. Cf. SC 1785.4; HGC 9, 887a; DCA2 66. Faintly toned, flan crack, tiny deposit on obverse. EF. |