Tetradrachm - Lakon In the name of Alexander III

Features

Issuer	Odessos (Thrace)
Stated authority	Alexander III the Great (336 BC - 323 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	80 BC - 71 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.16 g
Diameter	29 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 580613
References	Price# 1193 Martin Jessop Price; 1991. The Coinage in Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus. Société suisse de numismatique = Schweizerische Numismatische Gesellschaft, British Museum (2 volumes). , Müller# 429 Ludvig Müller; 1855. Numismatique d’Alexandre le Grand; Appendice les monnaies de Philippe II et III = Numismatics of Alexander the Great; Appendix the coins of Philip II and III. Imprimerie de Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Topalov Odessos# 80 Stavri Topalov; 1999. Одесос. Приноси към проучване монетосеченето на града IV–I в. пр. н. е. = Odessos. Contributions to the study of the coinage of the city 4th–1st centuries BC. Nasko-1701, Sofia, Bulgaria. , SNG Stancomb# 272 William M. Stancomb; 2000. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Great Britain / Volume 11. The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea region. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom. , HGC 3.2# 1589 Oliver D. Hoover; 2017. Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors / Volume 3, Part 2. Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , Pozzi# 927 Naville & Cie (publisher); 1920. Monnaies grecques antiques: Provenant de la collection de feu le prof. S. Pozzi = Ancient Greek coins. Naville & Cie, Luzern, Switzerland. , SNG Lockett# 1463 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , CN type# 10315 Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) , Weber# 2099 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes).

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Obverse

Head of Herakles, with the features of Mithradates VI, right, wearing lion skin.

Reverse

Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand; ΛΑΚΩ above knee, ΟΔΗ in exergue.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
ΛΑΚΩ
ΟΔΗ

Mint

Odessus, Thrace, modern-day Varna, Bulgaria

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (80 BC - 71 BC)							$ 410	$ 550

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Electronic Auction 568 Lot 32	14 Aug 2024	XF (NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 3/5)	USD 550.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 536 Lot 36	12 Apr 2023	XF (NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 3/5)	USD 1000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	H. D. Rauch Auction 118 Lot 156	25 Jun 2024	XF	USD 418.07 (EUR 360.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex CNG 46 (1998), 159
© H. D. Rauch
	CNG Electronic Auction 525 Lot 115	19 Oct 2022	XF	USD 550.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 65 Lot 26	19 Dec 2019	XF	USD 483.48 (GBP 360.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the William Stancomb Collection = SNG Stancomb 272
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	CNG Electronic Auction 411 Lot 19	13 Dec 2017	XF	USD 525.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 164 Lot 24	23 May 2017	XF	USD 522.59 (EUR 450.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 164 Lot 23	23 May 2017	XF	USD 580.66 (EUR 500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions
	CNG Auction 93 Lot 338	22 May 2013	XF	USD 900.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Auction 91 Lot 94	19 Sep 2012	XF	USD 1200.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.