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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (24mm, 17.09 gm, 5h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5. Posthumous issue of Amphipolis, under Cassander as regent (317-305 BC), ca. 317-315 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on backless throne, left leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; E in left field, Λ above bucranium below throne. Price -, cf. 432.
The style of this example is clearly Amphipolis and the control marks match Price 432, but in opposite locations (E under throne, Λ above bucranium in left field).
From the Collection of a Philhellene. Ex Gorny and Mosch, Auction 92 (October 1992), lot 125.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 300-400 USD
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (24mm, 17.09 gm, 5h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5. Posthumous issue of Amphipolis, under Cassander as regent (317-305 BC), ca. 317-315 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on backless throne, left leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; E in left field, Λ above bucranium below throne. Price -, cf. 432.
The style of this example is clearly Amphipolis and the control marks match Price 432, but in opposite locations (E under throne, Λ above bucranium in left field).
From the Collection of a Philhellene. Ex Gorny and Mosch, Auction 92 (October 1992), lot 125.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 300-400 USD