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Weekly Auction 232401  –  4 - 5 January 2024

Heritage Auctions, Weekly Auction 232401

World and Ancient Coins

Part 1: Th, 04.01.2024, from 2:00 AM CET
Part 2: Fr, 05.01.2024, from 2:00 AM CET
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PAMPHYLIA. Uncertain mint. Ca. late 3rd-early 2nd centuries BC. AR tetradrachm (29mm, 1h). NGC Choice VF. Late posthumous issue of uncertain Pamphylia mint in the name and types of Alexander III the Great of Macedon, ca. 220-180 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 ground line, eagle in outstretched right hand, grounded scepter in left; no symbols, letters or control marks. Price 2982. Alexander tetradrachms that show no control symbol or letters other than the basic coin types are surprisingly rare and scant in the academic references. Price lists only 10 different issues with no control marks out of more than 2,000 different varieties of tetradrachms. HID09801242017 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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