IONIAN ISLANDS. Chios. Ca. late 3rd-early 2nd centuries BC. AR tetradrachm (31mm, 15.93 gm, 5h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5, brushed. Late posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III the Great of Macedon, ca. 270-220 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in outstretched right hand, grounded scepter in left; sphinx seated right above YK monogram in left field, ME monogram below throne. Price -, cf. 2372 (ΠΔKO monogram in left field). HGC 6, 1132. Bauslaugh, Posthumous, Series 39, dies 46/89, but rev. die re-engraved with different monogram in left field. HID09801242017 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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