209, Lot: 65. Estimate $200. Sold for $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.24 g, 9h). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Kassander, Philip IV, or Alexander (son of Kassander), circa 315-294 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Λ above torch; below throne, cone surmounted by star. Price 475. Good VF.
The unusual style of the obverse of this coin suggests that it may be a contemporary imitation.