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CICF Signature Sale 3040 9-10 April 2015
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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (27mm, 17.23 gm, 3h). Lifetime or early posthumous issue of Pella, ca. 325-315 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, dotted border / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand and lotus-tipped scepter in left hand; in left field, bee alighting right on rose. Price 206. Spectacular strike, centering, and metal quality. Rare and interesting die symbol! Surfaces lightly brushed. NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (27mm, 17.23 gm, 3h). Lifetime or early posthumous issue of Pella, ca. 325-315 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, dotted border / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand and lotus-tipped scepter in left hand; in left field, bee alighting right on rose. Price 206. Spectacular strike, centering, and metal quality. Rare and interesting die symbol! Surfaces lightly brushed. NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD