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Auction: 11003 - Banknotes & Coins of Hong Kong & China
Lot: 604

Ancient Greek, Macedon, Alexander III ´the Great´ (336-323 BC), AR Tetradrachm, 17.2g, Amphipolis, Herakles clad in lion skin right, rev. Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre, cockerel before (Newell 792-894; Muller 503; S.6714), very fine Estimate HK$ 2,000-2,500 One of the most popular coins of the Ancient Greek series. Alexander III, probably the greatest General of antiquity, conquered the Persian Empire taking Greek civilisation and values to the edge of modern India before returning to die at Babylon in 323 BC in what is now Iraq.

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HK$2,000