CNG 105, Lot: 68. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.97 g, 4h). In the name and types of Philip II. Pella mint. Struck circa 336/5-329/8 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Nude youth, holding palm frond and reins, on horseback right; wreath below. Le Rider 384 var. (D200/R– [unlisted rev. die]); SNG ANS 415. VF, die rust, granular surfaces. From Alexander’s first silver coinage at Pella.

From the Olympians Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 90 (23 May 2012), lot 428.