Details
LOT 3236
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Hemidrachm. 152-145 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Radiate and diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Apollo standing to left, testing arrow and resting left hand on grounded bow; [monogram in exergue]. Cf. SC 1786.4; HGC 9, 891. Good Very Fine. Some roughness.(1.95gr, 13mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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