SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.19 g, 1h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Dated SE 162 (151/0 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, monogram above BΞP (date); ΠTO to right, monogram between legs. SC 1842.1 corr. (monogram); LSM pl. 1, A (same dies); HGC 9, 884; DCA 120; CSE 750 (this coin). Iridescent tone, a few patches of horn silver. Good VF. Rare.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Arthur Houghton Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 69, 8 June 2005), lot 569.