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                                Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 570. Closing Date: Jun 08, 
                                2005. SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I 
                                (Balas). 152/1-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.20 gm, 
                                1h). Antioch on the Persian Gulf mint. BID 
                                Estimate $300  

                              SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I (Balas). 
                              152/1-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.20 gm, 1h). 
                              Antioch on the Persian Gulf mint. Diademed head 
                              right / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos; 
                              monogram to outer left and outer right. SNG Spaer 
                              -; Mørkholm, Seleucid, p. 37, dies A4/P4; Houghton 
                              1101 = P. Strauss, "Un trésor de monnaies 
                              hellénistiques trouvé près de Suse," RN 1971, 113 
                              (this coin). VF, darkly toned, die rust in obverse 
                              fields. Very rare. ($300)

                              From the Arthur Houghton Collection.








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High bid of $450, $517.5 including 15% buyers fee, or approximately €364.5, £247.5, C$562.5, A$585, on June 8, 2005.

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