Portrait of Alexander the Great

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 108. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Philip III. 336-316 BC. AV Stater (8.54 g, 12h). In the name and types of Philip II. Magnesia mint. Struck circa 333-316 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, with the features of Alexander III / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, charioteer driving biga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; cornucopia below. Thompson, Philip 6; Le Rider -; SNG ANS 316 (same dies); SNG München -; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Saroglos -. EF.