Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 138. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.22 g, 11h). Abydos mint. Struck circa 310-301 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above caduceus; monogram below throne. Cf. Price 1537; ADM II 270b corr. (caduceus not noted; same obv. die). Near EF, lightly toned around devices.