Savoca Coins
Online Auction 93 | Silver 17 Jan 2021
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Lesbos. Mytilene circa 188-170 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III
Tetradrachm AR
36 mm, 16,07 g
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, 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, in left field, monogram above chelys; Δ below throne.
good very fine
cf. Price 1719.
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Tetradrachm AR
36 mm, 16,07 g
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, 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, in left field, monogram above chelys; Δ below throne.
good very fine
cf. Price 1719.
From the Tareq Hani collection