Watch List notes:

SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Alexander I Balas, 152-145 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 14.21 g, 1 h), Phoenician standard. Sidon, SE 166 = 147/6. Diademed head of Alexander I to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - AΛEΞANΔPOΣ Eagle standing left with closed wings; behind, palm frond; to left, ςΞP; to right, ΣΙΔΩ above aphlaston. SC 1830.5. A bold example struck on an exceptionally broad flan. Extremely fine.


From the Kleinkunst Collection, ex Peus 328, 2-4 May 1990, 258.