421, Lot: 55. Estimate $150. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 15.10 g, 3h). Babylon mint. Struck under Stamenes or Archon, circa 324/3 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Nike flying left, holding wreath; below throne, monogram above strut, M below. Price 3625. VF, toned, off center, light marks on obverse, graffiti and punch marks on reverse.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 18 September 2002.