BLACK SEA AREA. Uncertain mint. Ca. 240-180 BC. AR tetradrachm (32mm, 1h). NGC VF. Late posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon, ca. 250-200 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY-BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in outstretched right hand, grounded scepter in left; no symbols, letters or control marks. Price 1321. 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 and Price 1321 is the only one with the royal title Basileus. HID09801242017 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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