SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Alexander I Balas, 152-145 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.58 g, 12 h), Antiochia on the Orontes, 150-146 BC. Diademed head of Alexander I to right. Rev. [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛEΞANΔPOY - ΘEOΠATOPOΣ / EYEPΓETOY Zeus seated left, holding Nike in his right hand and long scepter in his left; in exergue, Δ. SC 1782.1o. Beautifully toned and with a splendid portrait. Light deposits, otherwise, good extremely fine.
From a Bavarian collection, formed in the early 2000s.