Ancients
SELEUCID KINGDOM. Alexander I Theopater Euergetes Balas (152-145 BC). AR tetradrachm (31mm, 16.41 gm, 2h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 2/5, flan flaw, marks. Antioch on the Orontes, dated Seleucid Era Year 164 (149/50 BC). Diademed head of Alexander I right, clean shaven, diadem ties falling straight behind; bead-and-reel border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ / ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, scepter in left hand, Nike crowning Zeus in right hand; ATP monogram in inner left field, ΔΞP (date) and ΠAΩ monogram in exergue. SC 1782.3d.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk, private sale with old dealer tag
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