MESAMBRIA SILVER ALXANDER TYPE TETRADRACHM – EX STANCOMB COLLECTION AND PUBLISHED IN SNG STANCOMB – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED GREEK THRACE COIN (Inv. 15078)

$1,500.00

15078. THRACE. MESAMBRIA. CIVIC ISSUE IN THE NAME AND TYPES OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, ca. 280–225 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm of Alexander type, 16.64 g, 30 mm. Issue of ca. 280–225 BC.
Obv. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, helmet above monogram in left field.
Price 982; Karayotov, Coinage of Mesambria, 59 (citing Price); SNG Stancomb 233 (this coin listed and illustrated).
Ex William Stancomb Collection, Roma Numismatics E–Sale 66, 1/9/2020, lot 14, acquired from David Miller in 1993.
NGC graded CH VF, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, SNG publication noted on label, dark gray cabinet patina. A particularly rare and elusive issue, the Pella database does not currently list any specimens, and there are only two other pieces in market records.