CNG 97, Lot: 87. Estimate $1500. Sold for $900. 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, 17.16 g, 11h). Damaskos mint. Struck under Menon or Menes, circa 330-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, forepart of ram right; below throne, four pellets between struts, ΔA below. Price 3210. Near EF, toned, high relief, softly struck on obverse.
From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.