KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 35 mm, 16.03 g, 12 h), Struck posthumously, in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon, Temnos, circa 188-170 BC. Head of youthful Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne with a back, holding eagle in his right hand and scepter in his left; to left, above Zeus's knee, E and monogram of ΠΑ; to left, vine-tendril with grapes around an oenochoe. Price 1678. Toned. Some roughness, otherwise, good very fine.

From the Collection of Prof. James M. Collier, acquired from Elsen in Brussels, in 1999.

This lot is sold to benefit the Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics offered by the American Numismatic Society.