GS96470. Silver tetradrachm,
unpublished, cf. Price 1738, Müller Alexander 970, HGC 6 1047, SNG Cop -, SNG Alpha Bank -, (A under throne, unpublished), gF, uneven strike with weak areas/inscriptions, rough, porosity, lamination defects, edge chip, Lesbos, Mytilene mint, weight 15.585g, maximum diameter 34.0mm, die axis 0
o, magistrate Peisistratos, c. 188 - 170 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on
throne with snake entwined legs and no back, A under throne, nude to waist, himation around hips and legs, right leg drawn back, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, kithara lower left, AΛΕΞANΔPOY downward on right,
ΠΕIΣIΣTPATOΣ (magistrate) in exergue; ex Leu Numismatik web auction 12 (31 May 2020), lot 2002 (part of);
the only specimen of this variety known to FORVM;
extremely rare;
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