KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 17.03 g, 3 h), struck under Antigonos II Gonatas, Amphipolis, circa 277/6-275 BC. Head of youthful Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on high-backed throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings; in field to left, crescent and monogram above a second monogram; under throne, monogram. CNG MBS 78, 2008, 350 (same dies). Mathisen, Administrative, Group III, 9 (A12/P19). Price 614. A rare variety, with a superb head of Herakles, shown in a powerfully emotional Hellenistic style. Extremely fine.
From a European collection, acquired in 2016.