Lot 43
Price: 2250 CHF
KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 16.78 g, 1 h), struck posthumously, Mesembria, circa 250-175 BC. Head of youthful Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated to left on throne with high back, holding eagle with closed wings on his outstretched right hand and long scepter in his left; in field to left, above knee, crested Corinthian helmet to right; in exergue, ΔΙ. Price 1002. Attractive toning with fine iridescent hues radiating from the devices. Extremely fine.
Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 244, 6 March 2017, 179.
