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412, Lot: 106. Estimate $300.
Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Kassander – Antigonos II Gonatas. Circa 310-275 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.92 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in Greece or Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on throne with back; aphlaston right in left field. Price 861b. Good VF, lightly toned.


Price’s issue 861 actually comprises a number of varieties. The plate coin 861a has no throne back and an aphlaston facing left, while 861b has a throne back and an aphlaston facing right.