ANCIENT COINS. GREEK COINS. Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III, The Great (336-323 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 16.76g, 1h.Mint of Mesembria, struck c.200-175 B.C.Head of young Herakles facing right, wearing a lion's skin headdress. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / [A]ΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, holding an eagle and a sceptre, a crested Corinthian helmet in left field, EΠI below throne (Price 1020).Of particularly good style and well-detailed, attractively toned, good very fine.
Ex Kirk Davis, Catalogue 19 (Summer 1997), 18
Ex Ponterio & Associates, NYINC Auction, 7 January 2011, lot 2041
Estimate: US$ 1,250