Engraver’s Error

375, Lot: 270. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As Regent, 317-305 BC, or King, 305-298 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.10 g, 2h). In the name of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 307-297 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ΛAEΞANΔPOY (sic), Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Λ above torch; monogram below throne. Price 490; Ehrhardt 46. VF, attractively toned. Interesting engraver’s error in spelling of Alexander’s name.

From the collection of Will Gordon.