“Local’ Corinth Issue

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 434. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 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 (16.64 g, 2h). Local imitation of Corinth mint issue. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; wreath in left field, A below throne. For prototype, cf. Price 673. EF.

Typically, such imitations are referred to as ‘barbarous.’ This term, however, has pejorative connotations, suggesting a type of crude style. In contrast, the present coin is an excellent example of an imitation with a style of high quality.