CNG 87, Lot: 325. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.42 g, 9h). In the name and types of Philip II. Pella mint. Struck circa 336/5-329/8 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Youth, holding palm, on horseback right; below, forepart of Pegasos right; ivy leaf below raised foreleg. Le Rider 430 (D228/R351); SNG ANS -; SNG München -; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Saroglos -. Good VF, lustrous, light die rust. Extremely rare issue with Pegasos and leaf, Le Rider records only two examples, both in public collections (London and Berlin).