Seleukid Kingdom, Syria, Seleukis and Pieria. Apameia. Quasi-municipal issue under Alexander I, Balas, of the Seleukid kingdom. 150-145 B.C. AE 21 (20.69 mm, 7.80 g, 1 h). Apamaea mint, struck 150/49 B .C.. diademed head of Alexander right / ΑΠΑΜΕΩ[Ν], ethnic vertically downward to right of Zeus standing facing, head left, holding crested Corinthian-style helmet and scepter; to left, ΓΞP (= yr 163 = 150/49 B.C.) in inner field; ΩΔ monogram in outer field; large rectangular c/m in upper left quadrant, palm-branch within rectangle. CNG Spaer 1489-1492. Near VF, black-green patina on devices, light ochre deposits in recesses and fields; obverse 15% off-center to southwest losing only border.