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NYINC Signature Sale 3051 8-9 January 2017
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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 16.93 gm, 11h). NGC MS★ 5/5 - 5/5. Posthumous issue of Thrace, Odessus, ca. 280-200 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left, KI in left field, monogram beneath throne. Price 1167. SNG Copenhagen 720. An exceptionally handsome piece, struck in high relief, with luminous deep iridescent toning.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 16.93 gm, 11h). NGC MS★ 5/5 - 5/5. Posthumous issue of Thrace, Odessus, ca. 280-200 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left, KI in left field, monogram beneath throne. Price 1167. SNG Copenhagen 720. An exceptionally handsome piece, struck in high relief, with luminous deep iridescent toning.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD