WESTERN ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Circa 145-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.02 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Near EF.

Triton XXVI
Lot: 220. Estimated: $ 2 000

Greek, 12h, Silver

Sold For $ 3 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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WESTERN ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Circa 145-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.02 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; no control marks. Price –; Seyrig, Trésors, pl. 10, 5.21; CNG 108, lot 187 (same dies). Lightly toned. Near EF. Well centered and struck. Very rare.

From the GTP Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 96 (6 October 2016), lot 1048; Patrick H. C. Tan Collection (Heritage 3032, 10 April 2014), lot 23094; California Collection (Heritage 3037, 4 January 2015), lot 29956.

There are numerous Alexander type issues without any control marks from disparate mints issued from the late 4th-1st centuries BC. Their mint of issue and dating can only be presumed from a careful comparison with other issues whose attributions are known. The present piece has a stylistic affinity to a variety of civic Alexander issues in Ionia and Caria in the mid-late 3rd century. Interestingly, Price appears to include only a handful of these unmarked issues, leaving out many that were even present in references he consulted.

The final winners of all Triton XXVI lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 10-11 January 2023.

Triton XXVI – Session One – Lots 1-334 will be held Tuesday morning, 10 January 2023 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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