ATTALUS I ALEXANDER TYPE TETRADRACHM – VERY RARE ISSUE UNKNOWN TO PRICE – CHOICE XF FINE STYLE NGC GRADED GREEK PERGAMENE KINGDOM COIN (Inv. 19858)

$3,000.00

19858. PERGAMENE KINGDOM. ATTALUS I, ca. 241–197 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm of Alexander type, 16.75 g, 32 mm. Issue of ca. 215–220 BC.
Obv. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, palm branch and AI control monogram in left field.
Price –, but cf. Price 1489 for a related variety with a star rather than palm branch, also referenced by Kleiner, “Alexanders of Pergamum and Rhodes,” MN 17, Series XVII, obverse die S = Mektepini Hoard 279 (same obverse).
Ex Jonathan K. Kern Collection = ex Heritage CICF Signature Sale 3032, 4/10/2014, lot 23100.
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, “FINE STYLE,” “[unlisted in M. Price]” and Kern provenance noted on label, dark gray toning with reddish highlights. Dies of exceptional style, the obverse with a particularly sensitive rendering of Heracles’ face that now clearly references Alexander’s physiognomy.