265, Lot: 56. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.19 g, 11h). Babylon mint. Struck under Stamenes or Archon, circa 324/3 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, dolphin upward; below throne, monogram above M. Price 3613. Good VF, light marks. High relief portrait. Pleasing late lifetime issue struck in the city in which Alexander died.