Thrace, Odessos AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Circa 120-90 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; [Α]ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ[Υ] to left, BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΘE in inner left field, monogram below throne. SNG Stancomb 269 (this coin); Callataӱ 1997 p. 86, Group 1 (D11/R?); Price 1181; HGC 3.2, 1587. 15.40g, 32mm, 12h.
Very Fine; central flan flaw.
From the William Stancomb Collection; this coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000);
Acquired from P. Beirne, July 1988.
Price realized | 160 GBP |
Starting price | 120 GBP |
Estimate | 200 GBP |