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CARIA, Uncertain. Circa 197 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.11 g, 7h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, M-in-circle above grape bunch. Lorber, Pseudo-Chios, Group 6, unlisted dies (but likely from obv. die made by the same hand as A45); cf. Price 2324 for prototype. Lightly toned over lustrous surfaces, minor mark on obverse. Near EF. Perfectly centered.