375, Lot: 443. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. Fourrée Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 12.32 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 76 (184/3 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, AP (civic) monogram below throne, OC (date) in exergue. For prototype: cf. Price 3403; cf. DCA 771; cf. HGC 10, 61. Near VF, toned, core exposed in spots, large pit on obverse.
From the collection of Will Gordon.