PHASELIS FOUREE ALEXANDER TYPE TETRADRACHM – YEAR 11 (208/7 BC) ISSUE – XF GREEK LYCIA COIN (Inv. 20372)

$1,500.00

20372. LYCIA. PHASELIS. CIVIC ISSUE IN THE NAME AND TYPES OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, ca. 218–185 BC.
Fourrée Tetradrachm of Alexander type, 17.49 g, 32 mm. Issue dated Civic Year 11 (208/7 BC).
Obv. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, IA (date) above Φ in left field.
Cf. Price 2849 for official issue.
XF, a very well-made ancient counterfeit, likely produced at the mint itself, the silver cladding virtually intact, with only the unusually heavy weight betraying the true nature of the coin.