| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61375 | Auction date: 20 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 25141 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients ASIA MINOR. Uncertain mint. Ca. 240-180 BC. AR tetradrachm (32mm, 17.10 gm, 1h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5, Fine Style, die shift. Late posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III the Great of Macedon. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in outstretched right hand, grounded scepter in left; no symbols. Seemingly unpublished. Price -. Cf. Leu, We Auction 29, 186 for only other example. A stunning, dramatically rendered Fine style portrait of Heracles graces the obverse of this coin, set on a bright, delicately toned, and expansively broad flan. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-asia-minor-uncertain-mint-ca-240-180-bc-ar-tetradrachm-32mm-1710-gm-1h-ngc-choice-au-4-5-4-5-fi/a/61375-25141.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61375-05202024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
