ALABANDA ALEXANDER TYPE TETRADRACHM – YEAR 1 ISSUE WITH SMYRNA COUNTERMARK – VF GREEK CARIA COIN (Inv. 20288)

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20288. CARIA, ALABANDA. CIVIC ISSUE IN THE NAME AND TYPES OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, ca. 173-167 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm of Alexander type, 16.09 g, 31 mm. Issue of Civic Year 1.
Obv. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, Pegasus flying left above A, A below throne.
Price 2458; Tell Kotchek Hoard 349-356.
VF, with the scarce Tyche head countermark usually attributed to Smyrna.