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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 4641057, member: 104887&quot;][ATTACH=full]1146927[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Alexander I Balas (152-145 BCE)</b></p><p><b>Uncertain Mint 91: Phoenicia or Coele Syria, 152-145 BCE</b></p><p><b><i>Æ 21mm 8.1 g Die Axis: 01:00</i></b></p><p><br /></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 exergue. Plain border.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Refs:</b> SC-1854a = CSE-0562 (THIS); See also SNG Israel-1578-1581.</p><p><b>Provenance:</b> Ex Arthur Houghton collection. This coin illustrated in &quot;Coins of the Seleucid Empire&quot; #562.</p><p><b>Note:</b> Usual commercial sources of this coin are: Beirut &amp; Jerusalem. This coin features an arrangement of the diadem ends that is characteristic of northern Syria, but the provenances of most specimens points to the south.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>[Sorry, too late to the party]</i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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