MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (27mm, 17.18 gm, 11h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style, edge marks. 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, ΔI-O below strut and in inner right field. Price 3971. From a Private Japanese Collection. Ex Heritage Auction 3032 (CICF, 10 April 2014), lot 23130; privately purchased from Classical Numismatic Group in April, 2008; Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.
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Price realized | 4'400 USD |
Starting price | 750 USD |
Estimate | 1'500 USD |