CNG 85, Lot: 282. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.18 g, 9h). Tarsos mint. Struck under Menes or Philotas, circa 327-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; plow in left field, globule behind Zeus’ head. Price 3031; Newell, Tarsos 37 (dies XXXVIII/180). Near EF, toned, light cleaning marks on reverse. Well centered and struck, and in high relief.