
Alexander drachm LIFETIME ISSUE
Lot 284 · Consigned by jamesash
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Description
Wonderful style, with a streak of toning.
Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR drachm (16mm, 4.19 gm, 11h).
Authority: MACEDONIAN KINGDOM.
LIFETIME ISSUE of Sardes mint, ca. 334-323 BC.
Obv: Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck
Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on backless throne, left leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in outstretched right hand, grounded scepter in left; head wearing Phrygian cap left in left field, HΘP monogram below strut.
Price 2558
NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5