Fine Style Head of Herakles

265, Lot: 58. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.23 g, 12h). Babylon mint. Struck under Stamenes or Archon, circa 323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; M in left field, monogram below throne. Price 3673. Good VF, reverse slightly double struck. A fine style obverse.