Thrace, Mesembria AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Circa 150-125 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to left, crested Corinthian helmet right above ΔΑ in inner left field, HP monogram below throne. SNG Stancomb 239; Callataÿ, D14/R1b; Price 1066; Karayotov 1984, 54; HGC 3.2, 1568. 16.51g, 34mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine; lightly toned and lustrous.
From the William Stancomb Collection;
Ex I. Vecchi Ltd., Auction 17, 15 December 1999, lot 185.