Fine Style Head of Herakles

253, Lot: 24. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.15 g, 7h). Babylon mint. Struck under Stamenes or Archon, circa 324/3 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monograms in left field and below throne, M in exergue. Price 3621. VF, toned.