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Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 158. Closing Date: Jan 
10, 2005. KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III. 
336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.26 gm, 8h). 
'Amphipolis' mint. Struck under Antipater (for 
Philip III and Alexander IV), circa 323-317 BC. 
Estimate $1000 Sold For $1600 

            KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AR 
            Tetradrachm (17.26 gm, 8h). 'Amphipolis' mint. 
            Struck under Antipater (for Philip III and 
            Alexander IV), circa 323-317 BC. Head of Herakles 
            right, wearing lion's skin headdress / BAS-ILEWS 
            ALEXANDROU, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in 
            right hand, sceptre in left; Phrygian helmet in 
            left field. Price 112; Troxell, Studies, Issue H2, 
            61; Müller 854. Superb EF, lightly toned. ($1000)

            From the Ronald Cohen Collection.

            Troxell proposes that coins struck at 'Amphipolis' 
            mint with the royal title are actually struck in 
            the name of Alexander IV, not Alexander III 
            (Troxell, Studies, pp. 96-98).
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