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Auction 2  24 Sep 2019
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Lot 363

Estimate: 8000 GBP
Price realized: 8000 GBP
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III, The Great (336-323 B.C.), silver Tetradrachm, mint of Memphis, lifetime issue, struck c. 332-323 B.C., head of young Herakles facing right, wearing a lion's skin, rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus, naked to waist, enthroned left, holding an eagle in his outstretched right hand and a sceptre in his left, a ram's head with Isis-crown above on left, a monogram below throne, 17.21g, 10h (Price 3964; Müller 1517). Perfectly centered and struck on a broad flan with beautiful iridescent toning, an exceptional example, extremely fine.

Provenance:
Purchased from Spink & Son, London, 1985.
Ex Prospero Collection, New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012, lot 303.
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