Details
LOT 3106
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AE 13mm. Dated SE 166 (147/6 BC). Tyre mint.
Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛ[ΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑ]ΝΔΡΟΥ, palm tree; ςΞ-Ρ (date) across field. SC 1838.2; SNG Spaer 1539; HGC 9, 944. Very Fine. Rare.(2.16gr, 13mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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