Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 181. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005. Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AR Didrachm (8.15 gm, 9h). Babylon mint. Lifetime issue, struck circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; M in left field, monogram below throne. Price 3603. VF, porous. Rare denomination. ($500)
From the last issue of Alexander's lifetime coinage in the city where he died.