Watch List notes:

SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Alexander I Balas, 152-145 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 14.19 g, 1 h), Ptolemaic standard. Sidon, SE 165 = 148/7. Diademed head of Alexander I to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - AΛEΞANΔPOY Eagle, wings closed, standing left; behind, palm frond; in field to left, EΞP; in field to right, ΣIΔΩ above aphlaston. Rouvier 1231. SC 1830.4. Beautifully toned and very well centered. Die break on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, ex Elsen FPL 73, November 1984, 32.