CLAZOMENAE ALEXANDER TYPE TETRADRACHM – SEEMINGLY UNIQUE AND UNPUBLISHED ISSUE UNKNOWN TO PRICE – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED GREEK IONIA COIN (Inv. 19836)

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19836. IONIA. CLAZOMENAE. CIVIC ISSUE IN THE NAME AND TYPES OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, Ca. 225–180 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm of Alexander type, 16.99 g, 33 mm. Issue of ca. 200 BC.
Obv. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, forepart of winged boar left above ΠYΘ control monogram in left field.
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NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 2/5, brushed, “[unlisted in M. Price]” noted on label.

The posthumous Alexander coinage of Clazomenae is seldom encountered and Martin Price catalogued only 10 varieties struck over a century (Price 1740–1749). This particular coin features a winged boar forepart, the city’s symbol, and the monogram ΠYΘ, a variety unknown to Price. Given its similarities to issues dated ca. 200 BC (Price 1744–1747) which employ the same winged boar forepart and different monograms, this coin must be part of the emissions from that period. This coin appears to be unique and unpublished.