Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 24Auction date: 3 December 2022
Lot number: 86

Price realized: Withdrawn
Lot description:


SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Alexander I Balas, 152-145 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 13.60 g, 12 h), Tyre, SE 167 = 146/5. Diademed and draped bust of Alexander I to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - AΛEΞANΔPOΥ Eagle standing left on prow, wings closed and with palm frond behind; in field to left, club surmounted by city monogram; to upper right, ΖΞP above monogram. SC 1835.6b. Darkly toned. Some deposits, otherwise, good very fine.

Starting price: 200 CHF

Match 1:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 24Auction date: 3 December 2022
Lot number: 87

Price realized: 360 CHF   (Approx. 383 USD / 365 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Alexander I Balas, 152-145 BC. Didrachm (Silver, 21 mm, 7.03 g, 12 h), Tyre, RY 166 = 147/6. Diademed and draped bust of Alexander I to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - AΛEΞANΔPOΥ Eagle standing left on prow, wings closed and with palm frond behind; in field to left, club surmounted by city monogram; to upper right, ςΞP above monogram. SC 1836.4a. Nicely toned. Thin flan crack and the reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine.

Starting price: 100 CHF

Match 2:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 24Auction date: 3 December 2022
Lot number: 1610

Price realized: 1,600 CHF   (Approx. 1,700 USD / 1,623 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Alexander I Balas, 152-145 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 14.19 g, 1 h), Ptolemaic standard, Sidon, SE 165 = 148/7. Diademed head of Alexander I to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - AΛEΞANΔPOY Eagle, wings closed, standing left; behind, palm frond; in field to left, EΞP; in field to right, ΣIΔΩ above aphlaston. Rouvier 1231. SC 1830.4. Beautifully toned and very well centered. Die break on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.

Starting price: 250 CHF

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 24Auction date: 3 December 2022
Lot number: 1609

Price realized: 320 CHF   (Approx. 340 USD / 325 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Alexander I Balas, 152-145 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 29 mm, 16.46 g, 12 h), Antiochia on the Orontes, SE 166 = 147/6. Diademed head of Alexander I to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛEΞANΔPOY - ΘEOΠATOPOΣ / EYEPΓETOY Zeus seated left, holding Nike in his right hand and long scepter in his left; in inner left field, monogram of ΔΟ; in exergue, ςΞP (date) and monogram. SC 1784.8d. Light marks and tiny flan crack, otherwise, very fine.

Starting price: 100 CHF

Match 4:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 25Auction date: 11 March 2023
Lot number: 1024

Price realized: 1,100 CHF   (Approx. 1,196 USD / 1,119 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Alexander I Balas, 152-145 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.72 g, 12 h), Antiochia on the Orontes, 150-149. Diademed head of Alexander I to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ - ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ / ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ Zeus seated left, holding Nike in his right hand and long scepter in his left; below, monogram. SC 1781q. An attractive and well centered piece. Light marks, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From a Bavarian Collection, formed in the early 2000s.

Starting price: 150 CHF

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 25Auction date: 11 March 2023
Lot number: 1026

Price realized: 220 CHF   (Approx. 239 USD / 224 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Alexander I Balas, 152-145 BC. Drachm (Silver, 17 mm, 3.40 g, 12 h), uncertain mint in the East. Diademed head of Alexander I to right. Rev. [BA]ΣIΛEΩ[Σ] / [A]ΛEΞANΔ[POY] - ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ / [ΕΥ]ΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in his right hand and resting his left on grounded bow; in exergue, uncertain monograms. SC -. An interesting issue with a very unusual portrait. Struck on a slightly short flan and with a flan crack, otherwise, good very fine.


Privately acquired from Pars Coins at New York International Numismatic Convention on 10 January 2023.

The peculiar style of the king's portrait and the rather sloppy execution of the letters on the reverse strongly indicate that this coin was produced at an uncertain eastern mint.

Starting price: 50 CHF