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Long Beach Signature Sale 3067 6-7 Sep 2018
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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR drachm (17mm, 4.31 gm, 12h). NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5. Early posthumous issue, Sardes, ca. 320/19 BC. Head of Heracles wearing lion-skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; bee above TI in the left field. Thompson Series XIV, 288c. Price 2626. Bright gleaming metal with a strike so strong, the centering marker of the die made an impression before Heracles's face.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR drachm (17mm, 4.31 gm, 12h). NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5. Early posthumous issue, Sardes, ca. 320/19 BC. Head of Heracles wearing lion-skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; bee above TI in the left field. Thompson Series XIV, 288c. Price 2626. Bright gleaming metal with a strike so strong, the centering marker of the die made an impression before Heracles's face.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD