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24 May 2020
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"Memphis" Alexander

Starting Price: 300 CHF
Hammer Price:  1200 CHF
Lot 128

KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 17.11 g, 10 h), struck under Ptolemy (I) as satrap, Memphis, c. 323/2-317/6. Head of youthful Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on low throne, his feet resting on a foot stool, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings; to left, rose; below throne and to right, ΔΙ - Ο. Lorber 19. Müller 124. Price 3971. SNG Copenhagen 7-8. Zervos Issue 2C. Lightly toned and of a particularly elegant and fine style. Scratched on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.



The tetradrachms in the name of Alexander struck in Memphis by Ptolemy c. 323-316 have long been viewed as being of the finest style of the entire series.

Online bidding closes: 24 May 2020, 16:04:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 10:45:07 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1200 CHF by MailBidder5731 (13 bids)
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