| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61375 | Auction date: 20 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: Ancients MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (27mm, 17.17 gm, 1h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Posthumous issue of Cilicia, Tarsus, under Demetrius Poliorcetes, ca. 298-295 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ-ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in outstretched right hand, grounded scepter in left, ΦANT monogram in left field. Newell DP, p. 48, 3. Price 3083. Gorgeous obsidian example struck from meticulously styled dies. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 120 (11 May 2022), lot 173; Sheik Saud Al Thani Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 123 (9 May 2021), lot 225; Privately purchased from Jean Vinchon Numismatique (7th of February 2011). https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-macedonian-kingdom-alexander-iii-the-great-336-323-bc-ar-tetradrachm-27mm-1717-gm-1h-ngc-choice-xf/a/61375-25036.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61375-05202024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
