LYCIA, Phaselis. Circa 218/7-186/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.95 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 22 (197/6 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; c/m: bow-in-bowcase, Λ-AO to left, all within incuse circle / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; KB (date) in left field, Φ below throne. Heipp-Tamer 286 (V35/R123); Price 2864; DCA 315. Lightly toned. Coin: VF; countermark: Good VF.

Bow-in-bowcase counterstamps on Alexander-type and Side tetradrachms, with different legends, have been attributed to cities within the the Kingdom of Pergamon (Pergamon, Ephesos, Tralles, Sardes, Synnada, Apameia, Laodikeia, Stratonikeia, Adramytion, and Sale). Price has linked these counterstamps to the introduction of the cistophoric coinage in the 180s BC. The application of these counterstamps permitted the circulation of Attic weight coins in the years following the reform. See R. Bauslaugh, "Cistophoric Countermarks and the Monetary System of Eumenes II" in NC 1990.

Closing Date and Time: 25 January 2023 at 11:21:00 ET.

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