Thrace, Odessos AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Circa 150 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to left, BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, monogram below throne, ΕΥΠΡΟ in exergue. SNG Stancomb 252 (this coin); Price 1174; HGC 3.2, 1584. 16.64g, 33mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
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 Robin Payne, 25 March 1991;
Ex Jonathan P. Rosen Collection, Numismatic Fine Arts Inc., Auction [XIX], 18 December 1987, lot 135.