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26 June 2016
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An extremely fine Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great from Ake

Starting Price: 250 CHF
Hammer Price:  4600 CHF
Lot 134

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27mm, 17.20 g 2), Ake, year 36 = 311/310 . Head of youthful Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on ornamental throne, holding long, vertical scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right in his right; to left, Phoenician letters ayin kaph and ­­­|||| / ||. Price 3292 var. Same dies as CNG MBS 81, 2009, 347 (but that coin misidentified as being of year 38). An attractive piece, lightly toned and well-struck in high relief. Extremely fine.


From a Swiss collection, recorded in 1966.

Online bidding closes: 26 Jun 2016, 16:07:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 17:57:34 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:4600 CHF by patricktan80 (6 bids)
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