KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.22 g, 12h). Damaskos mint. Struck under Menon or Menes, circa 330-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in field to left, forepart of ram right; below throne, two globules above strut, ΔA below. Price 3204; Taylor,
Damaskos, Group 2.2.2, 192 (A11/P1 –
this coin). Deep cabinet tone, with some iridescence, hairline flan crack. Good VF.
Ex Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Zuzim Judaea, 14 April 2013. Reportedly ex Reeve Schley Sr. Collection, acquired c. 1900.
