Two Rare Tetradrachms From Matching Obverse Dies

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 141. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.01 g, 12h). Uncertain mint. Struck circa 310-280 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, lion skin draped over club. Price 4058. EF. Very rare.

The entry in Price notes that the Hersh specimen has a ‘barbarous style.’ While this appears true for the legend, the style of the types does not appear to be unusual. Struck from the same obverse die as lot 142, below.