Bee on Rose Alexander III Tetradrachm, Strong Bust of Herakles.
Lot 045 · Consigned by Boneless
Hammer price $1,000.00
Description
KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 17.19 g) ,
Pella, struck under Antipater or Polyperchon, under Philip III, circa 323-317.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress.
AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, bee right on rose.
Price 206.
Well struck on obverse, a well engraved die with sharp features! Reverse struck slightly off center, with slight doubling. Interesting symbol on reverse.