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                                Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 155. Closing Date: Jan 
                                10, 2005. KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III. 
                                336-323 BC. AR Drachm (4.27 gm, 1h). Amphipolis 
                                or Aigai mint. Lifetime issue, struck under 
                                Antipater, circa 332-326 BC. Estimate $2000 Sold 
                                For $2200 

                              KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AR 
                              Drachm (4.27 gm, 1h). Amphipolis or Aigai mint. 
                              Lifetime issue, struck under Antipater, circa 
                              332-326 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's 
                              skin headdress / ALEXAN-DROU, eagle standing right 
                              on thunderbolt; horse's head in right field. Price 
                              60; Troxell, Studies, Issue D4, 153 (same reverse 
                              die as plate coin); Müller -; SNG Copenhagen 694 
                              (same dies). Good VF, a few spots of light 
                              encrustation on obverse. Extremely rare; five 
                              specimens noted by Troxell. ($2000)








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