CLASSICAL COINS
SELEUCID KINGDOM OF SYRIA
ALEXANDER I BALAS, king 152-145 BC. Tetradrachm, Tyre , 146-145 BC. AR 14.19 g. Draped, diademed bust r. Rev. ALEXANDROU - BASILEWS Eagle standing l. on prow of ship, palm branch over r. shoulder; in field l., city monogram on top of club, r., date IXR (= year 167 of the Seleucid era) and monogram. Houghton-Lorber II, 240,1835.6b. SNG Spaer 1545.
Excellent style. Extremely fine Provenance: Auction Stack's 164, New York 2012, 296.