426, Lot: 63. Estimate $200. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 4.28 g, 1h). Sardes mint. Struck under Menander, circa 324/3 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; torch in left field, monogram below throne. Price 2567; ADM I Series X. EF, underlying luster, some die rust. Struck with a very fresh reverse die; the die polishing marks are still visible in the fields.