IONIAN ISLANDS. Chios. Ca. early 3rd century BC. AR drachm (17mm, 2h). NGC Choice XF. Posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III the Great of Macedon, ca. 290-275. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; M above bull recumbent right in left field. Price -. cf. Bauslaugh, Posthumous, Series 2B, for similar style; otherwise unpublished. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 472 (15 July 2020), lot 98 (uncertain Ionian mint)
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