Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 1 Lot: 85

MACEDONIAN KINGDOM: Alexander III, the Great (336-323 
BC). Silver drachm (4.16 gm). Uncertain mint in Asia 
Minor, posthumous issue, third century BC. Head of young 
Heracles right in lion skin headdress / 
L[sic]LEXANDRO[U], Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle on 
extended right hand and scepter in left; in left field, 
M above bull's forepart right, head facing. 
Unpublished. Nearly mint state 

The butting bull symbol may allude to Magnesia on the Meander. 
Estimated Value: $ 750 

...Sold for $450 USD [ approx 342 EUR, 238.5 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).

Price_3657var (M in left field instead of under chair)