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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/AE fourrée tetradrachm (26mm, 15.75 gm, 4h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5, core visible. Ancient forgery of early posthumous issue of 'Babylon', under Philip III Arrhidaeus, ca. 323-317 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion-skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY-BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; M in left field (removed from the die), ΛY above strut. Price 3692. Wonderful high style portrait and overall great eye appeal coin.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 500-700 USD
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR/AE fourrée tetradrachm (26mm, 15.75 gm, 4h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5, core visible. Ancient forgery of early posthumous issue of 'Babylon', under Philip III Arrhidaeus, ca. 323-317 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion-skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY-BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; M in left field (removed from the die), ΛY above strut. Price 3692. Wonderful high style portrait and overall great eye appeal coin.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 500-700 USD