THRACE, Mesambria. AR Tetradrachm (30 mm; 15.64 g). Struck circa 150-125 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: (ΒAΣ)IΛEΩΣ (AΛ)EΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on throne, holding a long scepter in left hand and holding an eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; Corinthian helmet above ΔA in the inner left field; monogram beneath the throne. Some corrosion and minor scratches in fields. Edge damage at 3 o'clock on reverse.
