CNG 84, Lot: 270. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Philip III. Circa 325/3-319/8 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.21 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Soloi (Cyprus) mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; to inner left, prow right; below throne, I above strut. Price 3091 (Amathos); Troxell, Alexanders, obv. die 1, pl. 71, 15. Good VF, attractively toned, light die rust in fields. Rare.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 75 (23 May 2007), lot 136; Gorny & Mosch 118 (15 October 2002), lot 1252.

In previous sales, this coin was attributed to Price 3098, but Hersh noted that this was the same markings as Price 3091 (see Hersh, Additions 136). His observation was corroborated by Troxell in her article on this coinage.