Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 5056 Session 16 (9.30am Friday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $280
THRACE-MACEDON UNDER MITHRADATES VI OF PONTUS, in name of Alexander III, (125-65 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.28 grams), Odessus mint, posthumous issue struck 100-72 B.C., obv. head of Herakles to right wearing lion skin with dotted border, rev. Zeus seated on throne to left, eagle in outstretched hand, **XE in left field, under throne **HDO* monogram, to right **BASILEWS*, to left **ALEXANDROU*, (cf.S.6713, Price 1200, BMC 1200a-b, M.422). Good very fine and rare.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 65 (lot 1755). One of the last posthumous coin types issued with the name of Alexander as king. This issue appeared about 250 years after the death of Alexander the Great.
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