Artistic Head of Herakles

205, Lot: 47. Estimate $200. Sold for $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.10 g, 9h). ‘Amphipolis’ mint. Struck under Kassander, Philip IV, or Alexander (son of Kassander), circa 315-294 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Λ above torch; tripod below throne. Price 461. VF, toned.