IONIAN ISLANDS. Chios. Ca. late 3rd-early 2nd centuries BC. AR tetradrachm (31mm, 17.09 gm, 1h). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5, brushed. Posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III the Great of Macedon, ca. 210-190 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left on throne with legs decorated with sphinxes seated left and right, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; PYA monogram above sphinx seated right in left field, A below throne. Price -. No examples in sale archives. Ex Torkom Demirjian, private sale with old dealer envelope

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