ASIA MINOR, Uncertain mint. Late 3rd-2nd centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.91 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Good VF.

CNG Feature Auction 124
Lot: 263. Estimated: $ 600

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Sold For $ 850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain mint. Late 3rd-2nd centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.91 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; trident head left in left field. CNG E-72, lot 7 (same dies); Heritage Europe & MPO 58, lot 2929 = NAC 51, lot 599 (same dies); otherwise unpublished. Die shift on obverse. Good VF.

From the GTP Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 276 (19 April 2021), lot 95; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 322 (12 March 2014), lot 328.

Symbols on Alexander type issues from this late period are typically recognizable civic types, such as the rose on Rhodian issues. In this late period, a trident head is only known on contemporary issues of Corinth, Mylasa, and Priene. However, the trident is always “ornate” at the former two mints, unlike the plain style of the symbol here, and at Priene, the city’s ethnic is always present. The style of these cities’ coins is also generally quite different from the present piece.

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