Unusual Planchet Flaw

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 131. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.10 g, 11h). ‘Amphipolis’ mint. Lifetime issue, struck under Antipater, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field. Price 83; Troxell, Studies, Group E4. Fine, interesting planchet flaw on reverse.