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Weekly Auction 232029  –  16 - 17 July 2020

Heritage Auctions, Weekly Auction 232029

Ancient and World Coins

Part 1: Th, 16.07.2020, from 3:00 AM CEST
Part 2: Fr, 17.07.2020, from 3:00 AM CEST
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Description

MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 17.23 gm, 6h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5. Posthumous issue of Amphipolis, ca. 315-294 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; Λ above race torch in left field; Δ below throne. Price 458. Note - it appears as though the reverse die was originally Price 446 (AP monogram below throne) and was recut, removing the P and moving the crossbar of the A to the base of the Δ.

HID09801242017

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Starting price 175 USD
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