Very Rare Alexander Type

379, Lot: 121. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARKADIA, Megalopolis. Circa 225-223 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.64 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, TI above syrinx above ME monogram; (AP)I below throne. Noe, Megalopolis, dies C/8 (incorrect obv. illustrated); Price 752; HGC 5, 946. VF, toned. Well centered. Very rare, only seven recorded by Noe, one additional in Pella database, and this coin is the only example in CoinArchives.

Ex Pecunem 9 (3 November 2013), lot 101.