Roma Numismatics Ltd
E-Sale 54 28 Feb 2019
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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, on throne with eagle-tipped finials; [AΛEΞANΔPOY] to right, [monogram and M] below throne. Price 3600 = Mitchiner, The Early Indo-Greeks and their Antecedents p.11, illustration 4 = NAC 72, 344 = Price, Mnemata, 6 = Coin Hoard 1975 fig. 6, 2 (same dies); ACR 8, 198 (same dies). 28.61g, 31mm, 5h.
Fine. Harshly cleaned. Extremely Rare.