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Long Beach Signature Sale 3035 3-5 September 2014
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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.16 gm, 5h). Late lifetime or early posthumous issue of Tarsus, ca. 323-317 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion-skin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, Nike flying right, holding wreath; monogram under throne. Price 3038. Very attractive and desirable type, struck on a large flan and lustrous. NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5.
Estimate: 2500-3000 USD
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.16 gm, 5h). Late lifetime or early posthumous issue of Tarsus, ca. 323-317 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion-skin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, Nike flying right, holding wreath; monogram under throne. Price 3038. Very attractive and desirable type, struck on a large flan and lustrous. NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5.
Estimate: 2500-3000 USD