SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 16.58 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; aphlaston below throne, EΞP (date) and ΣIΔΩ in exergue. SC 1829; HGC 9, 879; DCA 119. Toned, traces of find patina. Near EF. Extremely rare Zeus Aëtophoros type at Sidon; only two in SCO, one in CoinArchives.
Ex Numismatic Art & Ancient Coins 3 (30 July 1982), lot 63.