Lot 1820

Sale 60 · An Important Collection of Australian Banknotes, Australian & World Coins

Description

Thrace-Macedon under Mithradates VI of Pontus, in name of Alexander III, (125-65 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.01 grams), Messembria mint, posthumous issue struck 100-72 B.C., obv. head of Herakles to right wearing lion skin with dotted border, rev. Zeus seated on throne to left, eagle in outstretched hand, API in left field above helmet, under throne **HF monogram, to right **BASILEWS, to left **ALEXANDROU, (cf.S.6713, Price -, BMC -, Karayotov -). Porous flan, good very fine, very rare.

Estimate
$400
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$290