316, Lot: 170. Estimate $100.
Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. Æ (19mm, 6.23 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Head of Alexander I right, wearing lion skin headdress / Apollo standing left, holding arrow and grounded bow; star to outer left. SC 1795.2; HGC 9, 901. Near VF, dark green patina. Scarce.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection.
For the image of Zabinas:
CNG 84, Lot: 701. Estimate $300.
Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander II Zabinas. 128-122 BC. Æ (21mm, 7.30 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Series 2, struck circa 126/5 BC. Head right wearing lion skin / Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond; to inner left, monogram above palm frond. SC 2231.1d; HGC 9, 1162. EF, dark green-brown patina.