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20 November 2016
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A lustrous and pedigreed Tetradrachm of Alexander III ‘the Great’

Starting Price: 150 CHF
Hammer Price:  280 CHF
Lot 297

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25mm, 17.21 g 7), Amphipolis, c. 315-294 . Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on backless throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings; Λ above torch; below throne, monogram. Price 447. Slight die rust at eye of Herakles on obverse, otherwise, extremely fine.


From an American collection, privately acquired from Harlan J. Berk in the early 1990s.

Online bidding closes: 20 Nov 2016, 17:28:30 CET Current Date & Time: 26 Apr 2024, 14:42:27 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:280 CHF by spiegs91 (7 bids)
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