Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas, with Kleopatra Thea AR Tetradrachm. Marriage Commemorative issue. Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint, circa 150 BC. Jugate busts of Kleopatra Thea and Alexander I right; Kleopatra, veiled, diademed, and wearing kalathos, Alexander diademed; A above cornucopiae behind / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY ΘEOΠATOPO[Σ] EYEPΓETO[Y], Zeus Nikephoros enthroned left, holding sceptre and Nike who holds thunderbolt. SC 1841; HGC 9, 880; SNG Copenhagen 267; de Clercq 131; Jameson 1715. 16.06g, 32mm, 12h.
Very Fine; rough surfaces. Very Rare.
From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s.