417, Lot: 252. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CARIA, Alabanda. Circa 185-173 BC. AR Tetradrachm (36mm, 16.44 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Undated issue, struck circa 170-167/6. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Pegasos left; monogram below throne. Meadows,
Alabanda, Series 3.2, Group 1, dies M1/M4 (
this coin, illustrated); Price 2455. VF, toned, cut on obverse, double struck on reverse.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex 1952 Tell Kotchek Hoard (IGCH 1773).