SMYRNA SILVER TETRADRACHM – VERY RARE ALEXANDER THE GREAT ISSUE UNLISTED IN PRICE – CHOICE XF FINE STYLE NGC GRADED GREEK IONIA COIN (Inv. 19480)

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19480. IONIA. SMYRNA. CIVIC ISSUE WITH THE TYPES OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, ca. late 3rd century BC.
Silver tetradrachm of Alexander type, 16.96 g, 32 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 MAYPΩ control monogram in left field.
Price unlisted, but the monogram is probably related to that of Price 2257 which appears to be a simplified variant of the same letters.
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, FINE STYLE, “[unlisted in M. Price].” CoinArchives lists only one other specimen, ex Gemini XI, 1/12/2014, lot 53.

The Alexanders emissions of Smyrna are very elusive and there are many undocumented varieties. This particular variety was unknown to Price, although it conforms well to the series and should be placed in the sequence somewhere around Price 2257. It appears to be one of two specimens on record.