Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 342. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $580. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (4.21 g, 12h). Sardes mint. Lifetime issue, struck circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; monogram behind / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, head left wearing Phrygian cap. Price 2558A; ADM I 99 (same obv. die). Good VF. Very rare variety with monogram on obverse.