Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 349. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (4.23 g, 11h). Arados mint. Struck circa 324-320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; monogram behind / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Σ in left field, AP monogram below throne. Price 3317; Duyrat group IV, series 4, 277 (D5/R5). Good VF. Rare early Arados issue.

Duyrat’s obverse die D5 appears to have been re-engraved before striking this coin.