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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 7781238, member: 96635&quot;]Thank you [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER] and a nice coin! Indeed, a lot of these Tyrian tetradrachms are being sold on Ebay from Israel. </p><p><br /></p><p>There do are some artistic artists at Tyre though!</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2021-3-30_20-34-10-png.1280707/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Alexander I (Balas). 152/1-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Tyre mint. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC).</b></p><p><b><b>Obverse:</b></b> Diademed and draped bust of Alexander Balas right.</p><p><b><b>Reverse:</b> </b>BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY (“of King Alexander”). Eagle standing left on prow of galley, palm-branch over right shoulder; club surmounted by monogram to left, ΙΞΡ (date) and monogram to right.</p><p><b>Reference: </b>SNG Spaer 1545-1546; Newell, Tyre 79; Houghton 749.</p><p>13.73g (Phoenician standard)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Great selection of bronze coins David, thanks for sharing. That Seleukos VI is great, I do not see them very often.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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