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NYINC Signature Sale 3030 5-6 January 2014
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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.21 gm, 4h). Early posthumous issue of Pella, ca. 323-317 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, dotted border / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand and lotus-tipped scepter in left hand; in left field, bee alighting right on rose. Price 206. Moore 23-43. Spectacular strike, centering, and metal quality. Rare and interesting die symbol! Choice Mint State.
Estimate: 1200-1600 USD
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.21 gm, 4h). Early posthumous issue of Pella, ca. 323-317 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, dotted border / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand and lotus-tipped scepter in left hand; in left field, bee alighting right on rose. Price 206. Moore 23-43. Spectacular strike, centering, and metal quality. Rare and interesting die symbol! Choice Mint State.
Estimate: 1200-1600 USD