453, Lot: 23. Estimate $150. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Sidon mint. Struck under Laomedon. Dated RY 10 of Abdalonymos (324/3 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; K (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price 3495; Newell, Dated 34, obv. die XIV; DCA 877. In NGC encapsulation 4372878-008, graded XF.

See A. DeShazo, “The Alexander Type Coinage of Sidon” (forthcoming), for an analysis of this series, proposing a few changes on certain aspects. The article is currently available at https://www.academia.edu/36978032/The_Alexander_Type_Coinage_of_Sidon