Ancients
CARIA. Alabanda. Ca. 188-156 BC. AR tetradrachm (31mm, 16.43 gm, 11h). NGC XF 4/5 - 3/5, countermark, graffito. Late posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon, ca. 188-173 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck; female head countermark raised within shallow circular incuse in upper right field / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; Pegasus rearing left in left field, caduceus through AMB monogram below throne. Price 2456.
From A Professor's Collection of Ancient and Medieval Coinage. Ex Auction 7 (21 Auction 1996), lot 073
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