Lot 3139
Syria (Seleucid Kingdom). Alexander I Balas, 150-145 BC. AR "Marriage" Tetradrachm (17.01g) minted at Ake, c. 150 BC. Jugate busts right of Cleopatra Thea as Tyche, diademed, veiled, and wearing kalathos, with cornucopiae over far shoulder, and Alexander I, diademed; to left, monogram; fillet border. Reverse: Zeus enthroned left on high-backed chair, holding scepter and Nike facing, bearing thunderbolt. SC 1841 = Houghton, CSE 407 (this coin); Le Rider, "L'enfant-roi Antiochos et la reine Laodice," Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 110 (1986), p. 415, note 41 (this coin mentioned); SNG Copenhagen 267 (same obverse die); NC 1904, p. 307, 30 (same reverse die). Very rare. A couple of light scratches. Very Fine Plus.
Estimated Value $25,000 - 30,000.
Ex Leu 52, 15 May 1991, lot 119; Numismatic Fine Arts XVIII (Part I), 31 March 1987, lot 534; Arthur Houghton Collection.
|
| |
| Realized $25,300 |
