418, Lot: 71. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.29 g, 1h). Sardes mint. Struck under Menander, circa 324/3 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, club upwards to outer right. Price 2550; ADM I Series IX. EF, underlying luster, slightly off center on reverse.
The club on drachms of this issue is depicted either facing upward or downward. Neither Price nor ADM differentiate the two.