SMYRNA ALEXANDER TYPE TETRADRACHM – UNPUBLISHED ISSUE WITH NEW CONTROL UNKNOWN TO PRICE – AU NGC GRADED GREEK IONIA COIN (Inv. 19841)

$3,500.00

19841. IONIA. SMYRNA. CIVIC ISSUE WITH THE TYPES OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, late 3rd CENTURY BC.
Silver Tetradrachm of Alexander type, 17.06 g, 29 mm. Issue of ca. 220–200 BC.
Obv. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, head of Tyche left above complex MYIAOK control monogram in left field.
Price–, but cf. Price 2257 which illustrates a much simpler version of the control monogram.
NGC graded AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, “[unlisted in M. Price]” noted on label. A spectacular coin, lustrous, and a variety that was unknown to Martin Price. Seemingly unpublished, and possibly unique as there are no other specimens with this exact control in market records.