SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.61g). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Undated issue, struck circa 149/8-148/7 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monogram to outer left and in exergue. SC 1785.5a; HGC 9, 887a. Attractively toned, trace deposits, flan crack, off center on obverse, light scratch in field on reverse. Good VF.
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.61g). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Undated issue, struck circa 149/8-148/7 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monogram to outer left and in exergue. SC 1785.5a; HGC 9, 887a. Attractively toned, trace deposits, flan crack, off center on obverse, light scratch in field on reverse. Good VF.