MYTILENE SILVER TETRADRACHM – ALEXANDER TYPE ISSUE – XF FINE STYLE NGC GRADED GREEK LESBOS COIN (INV. 19478)

$1,250.00

19478. ISLAND OF LESBOS. MYTILENE. CIVIC ISSUE WITH THE NAME AND TYPES OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, ca. 188–170 BC
Silver Tetradrachm of Alexander type, 17.11 g, 36 mm. Issue ca. 188–170 BC.
Obv. Head of young Hercules right in lion skin headdress. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, TΛA control monogram above lyre in left field, ivy leaf under throne.
Price 1736; Pella database lists four specimens, including: ANS 1944.100.31455; London,1983,0532.1; Münzkabinett Berlin 18252307; Bibliothèque nationale de France R 4093–each of these coins are inferior in grade to this specimen.
NGC graded XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, FINE STYLE, “edge bend,” “brushed,” struck on a medallic planchet, minor flan crack at bottom. Scarce emission, ca. 12 specimens in market records.