355, Lot: 231. Estimate $75. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Alexander III of Macedon. 3rd century BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.64 g, 12h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, lion’s head left above B; labrys (or monogram) below throne. For prototype: Price 1833 (Kolophon mint–pentagram below throne); otherwise unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, small test cut on obverse. Stylistically better than most imitations.