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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.08 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style, scratches. Early Ptolemaic issue of Memphis (or Alexandria), under Ptolemy I Soter, as satrap, ca. 323/2-317/1 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; rose in left field, ΔI-O below strut and in inner right field. Price 3971.
Ex Stack's Bowers & Ponterio (NYINC, 9 January 2015), lot 57
Tetradrachms of Alexander from the mint of Memphis, Egypt are widely regarded as stylistically the most beautiful in the series.
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HID02906262019
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Estimate: 2000-2500 USD
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.08 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style, scratches. Early Ptolemaic issue of Memphis (or Alexandria), under Ptolemy I Soter, as satrap, ca. 323/2-317/1 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; rose in left field, ΔI-O below strut and in inner right field. Price 3971.
Ex Stack's Bowers & Ponterio (NYINC, 9 January 2015), lot 57
Tetradrachms of Alexander from the mint of Memphis, Egypt are widely regarded as stylistically the most beautiful in the series.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-macedonian-kingdom-alexander-iii-the-great-336-323-bc-ar-tetradrachm-26mm-1708-gm-11h-ngc-choice-a/a/3083-30024.s?type=CoinArchives3083
HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 2000-2500 USD