419, Lot: 36. Estimate $200. Sold for $185. 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 (28mm, 17.08 g, 8h). Myriandros or Issos mint. Struck under Menes or Philotas, circa 325-324/3 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above pellet above club-in-wreath; monogram below throne. Price 3231A; Newell,
Myriandros 28 (obv. die XV). Good VF, lightly toned, fine cleaning marks, graffiti and minor cut on obverse.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, December 1997.