CNG 88, Lot: 100. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 8.36 g, 6h). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 332-326 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, horse head left. Cf. Price 59 (tetradrachm); Troxell,
Studies, Issue D4, 138; Hersh,
Additions 3. VF, toned, a little porosity. Extremely rare, Troxell located only 1 example.