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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 15.25 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; wreath in left field. Price B36. Faintly toned. VF.
The present coin is part of a series featuring an unusual obverse style and light weight (averaging between 15.5 and 16.5 grams), as well as a variety of symbols in the left field on the reverse: lion-skin over club [Price 4058], dolphin downward [Price 4058A (cf. Lanz 161, lot 15)], M-in-wreath [CNG E-573, lot 282], two dolphins entwined over wreath [CNG 102, 651], thunderbolt [CNG 90, lot 752, and Rauch Summer Auction 2010, lot 54], and kerykeion-like device [CNG E-397, lot 220]. These issues sometimes also feature an X below the throne [Price B4]. While the light weight and style suggest an origin among the eastern Celts, the consistency of the style and metrology, as well as the good epigraphy suggests a more formally organized mint, unlike the known Celtic issues that copy Alexanders.
Closing Date and Time: 3 June 2026 at 12:22:40 ET.
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