Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 291. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Kings of. Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (4.30 gm). Lampsakos mint. Struck 328-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; Demeter before, monogram under throne. Price 1356; Müller 398. Superb EF. ($200)

The vast majority of Alexander's drachms are posthumous, and lifetime issues are scarce.