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2 January 2022
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Exremely rare Alexander with a Fascinating Symbol

Starting Price: 150 CHF
Hammer Price:  900 CHF
Lot 235

KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 16.14 g, 12 h), Unknown eastern mint. Head of youthful Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. BAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡOY Zeus seated left on throne with elaborate back, holding eagle in his right hand and scepter in his left; to left, Herakles standing to left, ready to beat Hydra with his club held with his right hand. Price PO (2) 15 = Prokesch-Osten, "Suite des monnaies inédites d'or et d'argent d' Alexander le Grand," NZ 3 (1871), 15 (Phaestos in Crete). Extremely rare and unusual. Price was unable to find a single example of this type in order to confirm its existence, so it was not included in his corpus. Struck on a very tight flan with rough surfaces, otherwise, very fine.

Online bidding closes: 2 Jan 2022, 15:57:30 CET Current Date & Time: 26 Apr 2024, 17:26:10 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:900 CHF by MailBidder2339 (10 bids)
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