Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. Damaskos, circa 330-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, forepart of ram right in left field, two dots horizontally between struts, ΔA below. Price -, but cf. 3207 (three dots); Taylor, Damaskos, Series 2.2.3 (A16/P-); HGC 3.1, 910j. 17.25g, 26mm, 11h.
Good Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone, engraved in highly characterful style. Extremely Rare; not in Price, Taylor cites only three specimens from this series.
Ex Carnegie Museum (Pittsburgh) Collection, Spink & Son Ltd, Auction 31, 12 October 1983, lot 626 (collector's ticket included).