Ancients
SELEUCID KINGDOM. Alexander I Balas (152-145 BC). AR tetradrachm (34mm, 15.74 gm, 4h). NGC AU 4/5 - 2/5, die shift. Seleuceia Pieria, dated Seleucid Era Year 166 (147/6 BC). Laureate head of Zeus right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, winged thunderbolt; CΞΡ (date) and ΗΒΔ monogram above, ΒΥΗ monogram and ΥΔ monogram below, all within wreath of wheat ears. SC 1798. Babelon 884-885. Massive flan with deep toning, the die shift on the reverse is evident, but the portrait is fully crisp.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5000-7500 USD