Gemini III, January 9th, 2007



                  Lot # 94Estimate: US$750
                  MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III The Great. Silver 
                  tetradrachm 



             



            MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III The Great. (336-323 BC). Silver 
            tetradrachm (17.29 gm). , Amphipolis or Uranopolis(?), ca. 300–295 
            BC. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress / 
            AËÅÎÁNÄÑOÕ, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle on extended right 
            hand and resting left on lotus scepter, star on obelisk above X in 
            left field, È under throne above strut, Ð below strut. Price 520. 
            Erhardt, JNFA 4 (1976), 64. For the date, see Troxell, p. 24. Of 
            excellent style. Nearly mint state. 






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  ... Lot 94 sold for high bid of $700 [ $805, or approx 622.265 EUR, 410.55 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 


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