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Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 180. Closing Date: Jun 08, 
2005. KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III. 336-323 
BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.23 gm, 7h). Myriandros or 
Issos mint. Lifetime issue, struck circa 325-323 
BC. BID Estimate $400  

            KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AR 
            Tetradrachm (17.23 gm, 7h). Myriandros or Issos 
            mint. Lifetime issue, struck circa 325-323 BC. 
            Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin / Zeus 
            Aėtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram 
            above club in wreath and globule; monogram below 
            throne. Price 3231 (same dies as plate coin). Good 
            VF, attractive cabinet toning. ($400)

            Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXIV (9 December 
            1992), lot 214.

            See J.D. Bing, "Reattribution of the "Myriandrus" 
            Alexanders: the Case for Issus" AJN 1 (1989), for 
            an alternative attribution of the Myriandros 
            series to the mint of Issos.
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High bid of $525, $603.75 including 15% buyers fee, or approximately €425.25, £288.75, C$656.25, A$682.5, on June 8, 2005.

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