428, Lot: 37. Estimate $200. Sold for $170. 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 (15.5mm, 4.31 g, 12h). Miletos mint. Struck under Philoxenos, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, legs spread; monogram in left field. Price 2090; ADM I Series I. EF, lightly toned, underlying luster, light scratch in field on reverse. Struck from a fresh obverse die.
Price 2090 comprises two varieties, one with Zeus’ legs parallel (or spread), the other with his legs crossed, though this distinction is not delineated in his corpus.