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Troas, Alexandreia AR Tetradrachm. Dated CY 234 = 67/6 BC. Apollonophanes, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to left / Apollo Smintheus standing to right, quiver over shoulder, holding bow and arrow; [ΑΠΟ]ΛΛΩΝΟΣ to right, ΞΜΙΘΕΩΣ to left, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔPEΩN below; monogram in inner left field, ΣΛΔ (date) in inner right field, ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΦ[AOY] in exergue. Bellinger -, cf. A167 (same obv. die?) & A168 , dates which flank the present example; DCA 365 (unlisted date). 15.82g, 31mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; weak obv. strike, light cabinet tone. Unpublished with this date, possibly unique.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
The present tetradrachm of Alexandreia completes the sequence of dated tetradrachms from this city by filling the opening for the year 234. This coin appears to have been struck with the obverse die of the previous years' issue, a feature of this mint that has been noted before (cf. Bellinger's note regarding the obv. die of A156 & A157 on pg. 99). The magistrate name Apollonophanes also appears on tetradrachms dated CY 232 (Bellinger A166).
Good Very Fine; weak obv. strike, light cabinet tone. Unpublished with this date, possibly unique.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
The present tetradrachm of Alexandreia completes the sequence of dated tetradrachms from this city by filling the opening for the year 234. This coin appears to have been struck with the obverse die of the previous years' issue, a feature of this mint that has been noted before (cf. Bellinger's note regarding the obv. die of A156 & A157 on pg. 99). The magistrate name Apollonophanes also appears on tetradrachms dated CY 232 (Bellinger A166).