SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 1.80 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Radiate and diademed head right / Apollo standing left, testing arrow, resting hand on grounded bow; grain ear to outer left, Φ to inner left. SC 1786.2; HGC 9, 891. Toned, flan crack, traces of find patina, some pitting. Near VF. Rare.
From the MNL Collection, purchased from Musa Numismatics, 23 January 2016. Ex W.K. Raymond Collection.