Savoca Coins
Online Auction 23 | Silver 17 Jun 2018
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Kings of Macedon. Mesembria. Alexander III "the Great" 336-323 BC. Struck circa 125-65 BC
Tetradrachm AR
37mm., 16,68g.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑ[...]ΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ[ΟΥ] (traces of the undertype legend [ΗΡ]ΑΚΛΕΟ[ΥΣ] Σ[ΩΤΗΡΟΣ]), Zeus seated left on low-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings, Corinthian helmet and XO left, HPA under throne.
very fine, overstruck on a tetradrachm of Thasos
Price 1101; Müller -.
Tetradrachm AR
37mm., 16,68g.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑ[...]ΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ[ΟΥ] (traces of the undertype legend [ΗΡ]ΑΚΛΕΟ[ΥΣ] Σ[ΩΤΗΡΟΣ]), Zeus seated left on low-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings, Corinthian helmet and XO left, HPA under throne.
very fine, overstruck on a tetradrachm of Thasos
Price 1101; Müller -.