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Auction XIV  21 Sep 2017
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Lot 112

Estimate: 30 000 GBP
Price realized: 24 000 GBP
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Dekadrachm. Babylon, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram and M below throne. Price 3618A = Mnemata: Papers in Memory of Nancy M. Waggoner, p. 69, 8, p. 69, 7, pl. 15 = Spink 71, 11 October 1989, lot 49 = Prospero 307 (same reverse die); Price pl. CLIX, 3598 = Künker 280, 163 (same obverse die); Coin Hoards I, 1975, fig 6, 1; Kraay-Hirmer pl. 173, 572. 40.15g, 33mm, 4h.

Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; the third known example of this variety.

From a private Canadian collection.
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