ASIA MINOR. Uncertain mint. Ca. 200-180 BC. AR/AE fourrée tetradrachm (31mm, 15.00 gm, 11h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Ancient forgery in the name and types of Alexander III the Great of Macedon. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion-skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; no other symbols, letters or control marks. cf. Price 844 type for the original issue. 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 tetradrachm; most of these are not close to this example in style or fabric.

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