Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Drachm. Antioch on the Orontes, undated with controls of SE 162-163 = 151-149 BC. Diademed head to right / Apollo seated to left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; ΒAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ to left, monogram to outer left, [monogram] in exergue. SC 1785.5; HGC 9, 887a. 3.64g, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine; some areas of delamination.
From a private European collection.