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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 24868294, member: 104887&quot;]Hi All,</p><p><br /></p><p>My only Balas.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1595615[/ATTACH]</p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>ALEXANDER I BALAS (152-145 BCE)</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>UNCERTAIN MINT 91: PHOENICIA OR COELE SYRIA, 152-145 BCE</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Æ 21mm </b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Size: 8.1 g </b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Die Axis: 01:00</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Broucheion Collection S-2002-01-05.001</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Obv:</b> Alexander I Balas bust, facing right wearing diadem and radiate crown. One diadem end over shoulder, one flying up behind head. Plain border.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Zeus seated on throne, facing left, feet crossed. Holds eagle in outstreached right hand and staff in left. Legend to right: [ΒΑΣ]ΙΛΕΩΣ; to left: [ΑΛ]ΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. ΔΙ monogrtam under throne. ΗΡ monogram in exurge. Plain border.</p><p><b>Refs:</b> Houghton, Lorber &amp; Hoover: SC-1854a = CSE-0562 (THIS)</p><p><b>Provenance:</b> Ex Arthur Houghton collection sold via eBay. This coin illustrated in &quot;<i>Coins of the Seleucid Empire</i>&quot; #562. Usual commercial sources of this coin are: Beirut &amp; Jerusalem. Houghton notes this as &#039;<i>from Lebanon</i>&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1595616[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>- Broucheion[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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