348, Lot: 161. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.58 g, 10h). Tyre mint. Uncertain date. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; [date in left field]. Cf. Price 3253 (Ake); cf. Newell, Dated 15 (Ake); cf. DCA 741. VF, lightly toned, some porosity.

Although the date is obscured, the style of this piece was only used on dates attributable to Alexander’s lifetime.