Radiate head of king right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEXANΔΡOY to right and left of Athena standing left, holding Nike and spear, shield at her side. YE monogram over corn ear in left field. 21mm, 7.53 grams. Babelon Rois, 1300; SNG Spaer 2305; BMC 17 var (monogram over aplustre). Hoover HGC 1163; Houghton SC 2233.

A usurper (Zabinas his Aramaic nickname: 'The Bought One'), Alexander claimed to be an adopted son of Alexander Balas. His forces beat Demetrius II in Lebanon and he was supposedly much loved by the populace (until he started robbing temples). He is usually shown smiling on his coins, probably before he realized that he was going to be put to death by Cleopatra Thea's son, Antiochus VIII, in 123 BC.