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LOT 3104

Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Laodikeia in Phoenicia (Berytos) mint. Phoenician standard.

Diademed and draped bust to right / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on palm frond; to left, ΓΞP (date) above monogram; trident to right. SC 1824.2; HGC 9, 881; DCA2 60. Near Very Fine.(12.52, 16mm, 12h.).

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From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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LOT 3104

Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Tetradrachm.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £59

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