ALEXANDER BALAS AR DRACHM
SC 1785.3, HGC 9, 887, Very Fine, 17.3mm, 3.88 grams, Antioch on the Orontes mint, Struck Circa. 150/149 B.C.E.
Obverse: Diademed head of Alexander Balas to right
Reverse: Apollo seated to left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting left hand upon bow set on ground, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ to right ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟ to left, cornucopia above Θ in left field, date ΓΞP (year 163 - 150/149 B.C.E.) in exergue
Lovely dark original OLD patina!
