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159693. Sold For $465

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.13 g, 8h). Ake mint. Dated CY 38 [309/8 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, ||| ||| =– -| O above || (date). Price 3295 corr. (form of date). Good VF, obverse struck off center. Clear date.

Price's entry for 3295 shows the Phoenician date all on a single line, but the example illustrated on pl. XCIV clearly shows the date broken into two lines as on this coin.