321, Lot: 34. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Didrachm (18mm, 8.18 g, 3h). Babylon mint. Struck under Stamenes or Archon, circa 324/3 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; M in left field, monogram below throne. Price 3603 (same dies as illustration). VF, toned, rough surfaces. Very rare.

From the last issue of Alexander's lifetime coinage in the city where he died, contemporary with his dekadrachm issue.