MESEMBRIA SILVER ALEXANDER TYPE TETRADRACHM – ISSUE OF MAGISTRATE DIOSCURIDAS – XF NGC GRADED GREEK THRACE COIN (Inv. 20558)

$675.00

20558. THRACE. MESEMBRIA. CIVIC ISSUE IN THE NAME AND TYPES OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, ca. 250–175 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm of Alexander type, 16.81 g, 31 mm. Issue of magistrate Dioscuridas.
Obv. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, Corinthian helmet in inner left field, ΔIOΣK in exergue.
Price 1003.
Ex Merrill Gibson Collection.
NGC graded XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, scarce emission, die cracks on the perimeter of the reverse die.