ALEXANDER THE GREAT SILVER TETRADRACHM – POSTHUMOUS ISSUE OF TARSUS WITH FLYING NIKE – CHOICE AU FINE STYLE NGC GRADED GREEK MACEDONIAN KINGDOM COIN (Inv. 21242)

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21242. KINGDOM OF MACEDON. ALEXANDER III, THE GREAT, 336–323 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 17.22 g, 26 mm. Early posthumous issue of Tarsus, ca. 323–317 BC, possibly under Balakros.
Obv. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress, [B] under lionskin. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, Nike flying right, B and caduceus in left field, EΠ below throne.
Price 3051.
NGC graded CHOICE AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, FINE STYLE, “brushed.”