Ancient Greece, Eastern Europe, present-day Ukraine, Odessos mint, ca. 280 to 200 BCE. A silver AR tetradrachm in the type of Alexander III the Great of Macedon, posthumous issue. Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. Reverse: Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and scepter; 3 letter monogram beneath chair, letters kappa, lambda, epsilon, alpha, nu in exergue. Mueller 414. Size: 1.2" Diameter (3 cm); silver quality: 98.6%; weight: 16.6 grams

Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010

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#173503

Choice. Very fine with attractive dark toning.