Watch List notes:

Troas. Alexandreia Troas. 94 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.68g (12h). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo left. Rx: Apollo Smintheus (the Mouse God), draped, walking right holding bow and arrow. ΑΠΟΛΛΩNΟΣ and date ΣΖ (Year 207) before, monogram and ΖΜΙΘΕΩΣ behind, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ / ΑΜΦΙΟΥ in exergue. Unpublished date and magistrate. Bellinger A150 var. De Callataÿ pl. XXXIX D2, same obverse die used with years 95 and 93 BC. Even light gray toning. Two small contact marks at 7h on obverse, otherwise pleasant VF

Ex Richard P. Miller Collection

The word "smintha" seems to derive from the Phrygian language, and means "mouse" or "rat". Apollo Smintheus was accordingly an exterminator of rats and plagues