409, Lot: 234. Estimate $150. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TROAS, Alexandreia. Circa 189-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 16.36 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; c/m: anchor within rectangular incuse / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monograms above and below arm; in exergue, horse grazing left; c/m: anchor within rectangular incuse. Bellinger A132 var. = SNG Ashmolean 2720 var. = Niggeler I 240 var. (left field monogram; same obv. die); Price 1598 var. (same); SNG Alpha Bank 599 (same obv. die). Near VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die. Extremely rare, only the Alpha Bank piece published, none in CoinArchives.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.