Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 4Auction date: 7 April 2024
Lot number: 42

Price realized: 170 CHF   (Approx. 188 USD / 173 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Drachm (Silver, 16.21 mm, 4.23 g). Miletos, struck under Philoxenos, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle with closed wings in his extended right hand and scepter in his left; in left field, monogram. Price 2090. Müller 763. Toned. Some scratches to the reverse. Very Fine.

Starting price: 40 CHF

Match 1:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 3Auction date: 22 February 2024
Lot number: 40

Price realized: 80 CHF   (Approx. 91 USD / 84 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Drachm (Silver, 17.34 mm, 4.19 g). Miletos, struck under Asandros, circa 323-319 BC. Issue in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPO[Y] Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle with closed wings in his extended right hand and scepter in his left; in left field, corn-ear. Price 2100. Müller 568. SNG Cop. 877. Lightly toned. Good Very Fine.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 2:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 19

Price realized: 200 CHF   (Approx. 227 USD / 211 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Drachm (Silver, 17 mm, 4.32 g, 12 h), Miletos, struck under Philoxenos, circa 325-323. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, thunderbolt; below throne, monogram of ΔΗ. Price 2088. Well centered, and with the head of Herakles sharply struck in high relief. The reverse somewhat weak, otherwise, virtually as struck.


From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, ex Harlan J. Berk Buy or Bid Sale 100, 29 January 1998, 179 (with original ticket).

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 899

Price realized: 50 CHF   (Approx. 57 USD / 53 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Drachm (Silver, 17 mm, 4.21 g, 12 h), Miletos, struck under Philoxenos, circa 325-323. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, monogram of HΔ. Price 2090. The reverse somewhat double struck from a worn die, otherwise, very fine.


Ex Leu Web Auction 18, 19-21 December 2021, 511, and previously from a European collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 4:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 3Auction date: 22 February 2024
Lot number: 44

Price realized: 130 CHF   (Approx. 148 USD / 137 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Drachm (Silver, 19.41 mm, 4.13 g). Miletos, struck under Demetrios I Poliorketes, circa 295/4 BC. Issue in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔP[OY] Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle with closed wings in his extended right hand and scepter in his left; below throne, double axe; in left field, monogram within circle. Price 2148. Müller 1139. Newell 49. SNG Cop. 896. HGC 3.I, 1015. Old patina with some deposits, otherwise, Good Very Fine.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 5:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 3Auction date: 22 February 2024
Lot number: 32

Price realized: 420 CHF   (Approx. 477 USD / 441 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27.38 mm, 16.96 g). Amphipolis, struck under Antipater, circa 325-323/2 BC. Issue in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated to left on throne, holding eagle with closed wings in his extended right hand and scepter in his left; in left field, rooster standing left. Price 79. Müller 392. Lightly toned. Near Extremely Fine/Very Fine.

Starting price: 50 CHF