Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Tetradrachm. Seleucia Pieria, dated SE 166 = 147/6 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right, with full beard and with his hair arranged in long curls of archaising form / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, thunderbolt; ϚΞΡ (date) and monogram above, two monograms below; all within elaborate laurel wreath with ties to right. CSE 409; Gulbenkian 1044; A. Houghton, 'A Tetradrachm of Seleucia Pieria at the Getty Museum,' J. Getty Museum Journal 10 (1982), A1/P- = SC 1798 = Wealth of the Ancient World 112. 15.66g, 32mm, 3h.
Extremely Fine; deep toning. Extremely Rare.