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Electronic Auction 462  26 Feb 2020
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Lot 46

Estimate: 200 USD
Price realized: 800 USD
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 4.28 g, 12h). Sardes mint. Struck under Menander, circa 324/3 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; torch in left field, monogram below throne. Price 2566; ADM I Series X. Minor double strike on obverse. Superb EF. Lustrous.

Extremely rare, only one example known to Price, the Hersh piece now in the BM(acc. 2002,0101.579) [the nine other coins in Pella under this Price number are actually Price 2567], and just two additional in CoinArchives (that are correctly identified).
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