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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 202. Estimate $400. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004. 
Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.56 gm). Kabyle mint. Autonomous issue, struck circa 225-215 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; Artemis Phosphoros holding two torches in left field. Price 882; cf. Müller 399. Toned, good VF. ($400)

From the Tuck Pittman Collection.

This issue is attributed to the Thracians' successful revolt against their Gallic overlords and chieftain, Kavaros.