Watch List notes:

BITHYNIA, Herakleia Pontike. Circa 205-200 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.42 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ŬE$Å@droU, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in inner left field, ™ above Å; s below throne, club in exergue. Price 1281 var. (orientation of controls); Mektipini 33–39 var. (different controls, but same obv. die). Near EF, lightly toned, slight porosity. Unpublished variety from a very rare mint.


The rare Alexanders of Herakleia Pontike were all struck in a short period around the invasion of Philip V in 202 BC.