THRACE. Odessos. Circa 80-72/1 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31 mm, 16.17 g, 12 h), struck under the magistrate Lakon, Struck in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon, but in the time of Mithridates VI. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated to left, holding eagle in his right hand and scepter in left: in inner left field, monogram consisting of ΛΑΚ; in exergue, ΟΔΗ. Callataÿ Group 3 (D6/R-). HGC 3, 1589. Price 1192. Lightly toned. Peripheral areas of flatness, otherwise, very fine.

From the Collection of Prof. James M. Collier, acquired from Baldwin's in London in 2000.

This lot is sold to benefit the Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics offered by the American Numismatic Society.