★ Lovley Portrait ★

Kings of Macedon. Alexander III 'the Great'. AR Tetradrachm (17.0 gr.), 336-323 BC. Sidon, struck under Antigonos I Monophthalmos, circa 320-306/5 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; Ψ (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price 3514; Newell, Dated 59 (dies XXXI/α); DCA 874.

Lightly toned, with underlying luster, a couple of scratches, and light marks on the reverse. Good Very Fine.