217, Lot: 178. Estimate $300. Sold for $420. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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UNCERTAIN EAST (ARABIA?). Imitating Alexander III ‘the Great’ or Philip III Arrhidaios(?). Circa 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.41 g, 3h). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left. Unpublished in the standard references. Good Fine, porous, surface marks.
From the Alexandre de Barros Collection; Frank L. Kovacs MBS XVI (29 September 2004), lot 164.