Description

SELEUCID KINGDOM. Alexander I Balas (152-145 BC). Drachm. Antioch on the Orontes.

Obverse: Diademed head right.

Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ / ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ.
Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting hand upon bow. Controls: Monogram to outer left; monogram in outer. 

References: SC 1785.5d; HGC 9, 887a.

Weight and Diameter: 3.86g / 17mm