Ancients
MYSIA. Lampsacus. Ca. early 3rd century BC. AR tetradrachm (32mm, 16.44 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5, brushed. Posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III the Great of Macedon, ca. 280-275. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion-skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; ΣΑO monogram above forepart of Pegasus left above torch in left field. Price 1455 var. (torch placement).
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Tom Cederlind, private sale with old dealer's tag
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