MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 15.76 gm, 11h). Choice VF, crystallization, smoothing. Early Ptolemaic issue of Memphis (or Alexandria), under Ptolemy I Soter, as satrap, ca. 323/2-317/1 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; rose in left field, ΔIO below strut. Price -, cf. 3971 (ΔI-O below strut and in right field). Evidence of smoothing thus ineligible for encapsulation. SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS
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Price realized | 600 USD |
Starting price | 150 USD |