Very Rare Euesperides Bronze
Obverse Modelled on Pella Mint Tetradrachms of Alexander

272, Lot: 169. Estimate $150. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KYRENAICA, Euesperides. Circa 325-313 BC. Æ (22mm, 14.32 g, 6h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Bow, club, and quiver. Buttrey, Coins 730, see also Appendix p. 59, pl. 12, E16 var. (bow and quiver switched; same obv. die). Near VF, brown and green patina. Very rare.

As noted by Buttrey (p. 54 and 59), the head of Herakles is derived from Pella mint tetradrachms of Alexander struck circa 325 BC, which serves a terminus post quem for the bronze coinage of the city.