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LOT 3233
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AE Serrate. 152-145 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Diademed head of Alexander I to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Athena standing to left, holding Nike in right hand, left hand resting on shield set on ground; in inner left field, KA monogram above ΠΟ monogram. SC 1793.3d; BMC 37; HGC 9, 900. Very Fine.(9.09gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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