CNG 84, Lot: 257. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.11 g, 1h). “Amphipolis” mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 332-326 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; thunderbolt in left field. Price 8; Troxell, Studies, Issue A4. EF, lustrous. Well struck with dies of high relief.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.