GS98012. Silver tetradrachm, Price 1688, Müller Alexander 959, SNG Alpha Bank 602, SNG Saroglos 430, SNG Munchen 497, VF, broad flan, bumps and marks, areas of porosity, die wear, Aeolis, Temnos (Menemen?, Izmir, Turkey) mint, weight 16.219g, maximum diameter 34.0mm, die axis 0
o, 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 high-backed throne, bare to the waist, himation around hips and legs, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, right leg drawn back, AΛEΞANΔPOY downward on right, two monograms above vine tendril with grapes around oinochoe in left field; from the CEB Collection,
big 34 mm flan!;
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