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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 196

Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III, 'the Great', a Set of Silver (336-323 BC) (6): i) AR Tetradrachm, Temnos, posthumous, c.180-170 BC, head of young Herakles right, wearing lion's skin, rev. ALEXANDROY, Zeus Aetophoros enthroned left, sceptre, EXENIKOS and oenochoe under vine-tendril on left, GETA under throne, 16.45g (Price 1690), small mark of corrosion to reverse, otherwise about extremely fine; ii) AR Hemiobol, Babylon (?), head of young Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress, rev. ALEXAND[POY] between club and quiver 0.31g,(cf. Price 3590), good very fine, reverse almost very fine; iii) AR Drachm, 4.03g, Magnesia, head of young Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress, rev. Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre (cf. Price 1959), good fine, iv) a Hemidrachm, 2.00g, similar types, but ram's head left in left field (cf. Price 1919ff), apparently unrecorded in Price, some porosity, very fine, and two Obols, v) 0.51g and vi) 0.66g, similar types, Ecbatana, letter and anchor in left field, monogram under throne (Price 3955), and Macedonia, y below throne, uncertain letter on left, almost very fine (6)

Provenance

The "Estafefette No. 21" Collection of Ancient, English and World Coins

Spink 15007, 2 December 2015,lot 503

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£580

Starting price
£250