Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. - Buy or Bid Sale 226, Lot 302
Macedonia, Alexander III The Great, 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm; Macedonia, Alexander III The Great, 336-323 BC; Colophon(?), c. 200-190 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.81g. Price-1854 var. Obv: Head of Herakles r. in lion-skin headdress. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned l.; ΚΟΛ above KA in l. field, monogram under throne. The ΚΟΛ on the reverse here seems to clearly point to Colophon as the issuing city, but this intriguing piece differs from published examples in several ways: ΚΟΛ is, unsurprisingly, attested ...