THRACE. Mesambria. Ca. 125-65 BC. AR tetradrachm (31mm, 17.21 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 5/5. Late posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III the Great of Macedon. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; API above Corinthian helmet right in left field, ΠY monogram below strut. Price -, cf. 1112 (ΣKA below strut). Exceptionally attractive and struck from finely detailed dies.

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