MESAMBRIA CIVIC ISSUE IN NAME OF ALEXANDER – NGC CH VF GREEK THRACE COIN (Inv. 21521)

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21521. THRACE. MESAMBRIA. CIVIC ISSUE IN THE NAME AND TYPES OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. Ca. 175–125 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm of Alexander type, 16.37 g, 34 mm. Issue of ca. 150-125 BC.
Obv. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, Corinthian helmet above ΔA monogram in left field, ATI monogram below throne.
Price 1055; Karayotov, Mesambria I 467 (O62/R198); HGC 3, 1568.
Ex CNG 58, 9/19/2001, lot 224.
NGC CH VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, “graffito,” “overstruck,” struck on a very broad planchet, traces of the undertype on the reverse, possibly another Alexander tetradrachm.