Sale: Nomos 8, Lot: 96. Estimate CHF350. Closing Date: Monday, 21 October 2013. Sold For CHF300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. Drachm (Silver, 17mm, 4.25 g 12), Kolophon, struck under Philip III, 323-319. Head of Herakles to right with lion skin headdress.
Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on backless throne, holding eagle in his right hand and long scepter with his left; below throne, wheat grains; to right, lance-head upwards. Price 1751. Fresh and attractive. Extremely fine.
From a northern European collection.