Thrace, Mesembria AR Tetradrachm. Circa 150-125 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΑΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ to left, crested Corinthian helmet over ΔI in inner left field, BY below throne. Callataÿ Group 2, D27 R1-2; Price 1072; HGC 3.2, 1568. 16.62g, 31mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the William Stancomb Collection;
Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 214, 15 February 2001, lot 1290.