THRACE. Odessus. Ca. 125-70 BC. AR tetradrachm (29mm, 16.25 gm, 11h). NGC AU 3/5 - 3/5, die shift. Late posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III the Great. Head of Mithradates VI Eupator as Heracles right, wearing lion-skin headdress, paws tied before neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ /AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; ΞE in center field, OΔH in exergue. Price 1200. From the Historical Scholar

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