Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 180. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.19 g, 9h). Contemporary imitation of ‘Amphipolis’ mint issue of circa 310-294 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Λ above torch; star in wreath below throne. Cf. Price 488. EF. Great style for imitation.