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Nomos 21

21 November 2020
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 750 CHF
Hammer Price:  750 CHF
Lot 129

KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 17.02 g, 11 h), struck posthumously under Demetrios I Poliorketes, Miletos, circa 294/5. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on low throne, holding eagle in his right hand and scepter in his left; to left, monogram of ΠΡΑΤΟΥ; below throne, labrys. ADM I Series XIII. Newell 48 (but these dies unrecorded). Price 2147. Bold and well-centered on a tight flan; fine style. About extremely fine.



The same control symbols, were used for an extremely rare contemporary Nike/Poseidon tetradrachm, which was struck in Demetrios Poliorketes' name in Miletos.

Online bidding closes: 21 Nov 2020, 11:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 24 Apr 2024, 07:15:14 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:750 CHF

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