Dies of Artistic Merit

CNG 102, Lot: 221. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Philip III. Circa 324/3-320 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 17.12 g, 4h). In the name of Alexander III. Arados mint. Struck under Menes or Laomedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; kerykeion in left field, AP monogram below throne. Price 3332; Duyrat Group IV, Series 11. Choice EF, a hint of porosity. Perfectly centered and struck from dies of artistic merit on a broad flan.