Savoca Coins
London Auction 1 | Silver 21 Jul 2019
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Kings of Macedon. Mytilene. Alexander III "the Great" 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm AR
36mm., 15,23g.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞ[ΑΝΔΡΟΥ], Zeus seated left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings, monogram above kithara in left field; ivy leaf below throne.
very fine, darkly toned
Price 1736.
From the Tareq Hani private collection.
36mm., 15,23g.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞ[ΑΝΔΡΟΥ], Zeus seated left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings, monogram above kithara in left field; ivy leaf below throne.
very fine, darkly toned
Price 1736.
From the Tareq Hani private collection.