PERGAMENE KINGDOM. Attalus I (ca. 241-197 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 17.03 gm, 11h). XF, Fine Style, graffito. Pergamum, in the name and types of Alexander III the Great of Macedon, ca. 223-215/0 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; no control marks. Price 1473. Alexander tetradrachms that show no control symbol or letters other than the basic coin types are surprisingly rare and scant in the academic references. Price lists only 10 different issues with no control marks out of more than 2,000 different varieties of tetradrachms.

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