Ancients
SELEUCID KINGDOM. Alexander I Balas (150-145 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 14.28 gm, 12h). Phoenicia, Tyre, SE 167 (149/148 BC). Diademed head of Alexander right / AΛEΞANΔPOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle with closed wings and a palm branch on right shoulder, standing left on galley's prow; in left field, TYP monogram over club. ANS NNM 73, 65. SNG Spaer 1530 variant (different control-mark). Wonderful high-relief portrait. NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5.From The California Collection. Ex Heritage 3021 (New York, 6 January 2013), lot 21487.
Estimate: 2500-3500 USD