MESEMBRIA SILVER ALEXANDER TYPE TETRADRACHM – UNIQUE AND UNPUBLISHED MONOGRAM VARIETY – AU NGC GRADED GREEK THRACE COIN (Inv. 20959)

$2,400.00

20959. THRACE. MESEMBRIA. CIVIC ISSUE IN THE NAME AND TYPES OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, ca. 175–125 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm of Alexander type, 16.77 g, 31 mm.
Obv. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, Corinthian helmet above ATP monogram in left field, ΠYP below throne.
Price unlisted; Karayotov, Mesambria, unlisted.
NGC graded AU, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, “brushed,” “unlisted in M. Price.” A variety unknown to both Price and Karayotov, and previously unpublished.