Fine Style

5663863.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.13 g, 12h). Babylon mint. Struck under Stamenes or Archon, circa 324/3 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; M in left field, monogram below throne. Price 3602; Waggoner Issue 2, Series 4, obv. die 57; ANS inv. 1944.100.80462 (same obv. die). Iridescent tone, some underlying luster, small mark on obverse. Near EF. Fine style.

Ex Roma VIII (28 September 2014), lot 452.