Lot 28
KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.34 g, 1h). In the name and types of Philip II. Pella mint. Struck circa 336/5-329/8 BC.
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$1,500
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$500
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.34 g, 1h). In the name and types of Philip II. Pella mint. Struck circa 336/5-329/8 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Nude youth, holding palm frond and reins, on horseback right; bee below. Le Rider Group IIB, 375 (D195/R300). Toned, test cut on reverse. VF. Very rare issue with bee from the first coinage of Alexander at Pella.

From the Lampasas Collection. Ex Thomas Bentley Cederlind Estate (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 386, 28 September 2016), lot 80; Peus 396 (5 November 2008), lot 293.


Closing Date and Time: 5 May 2021 at 10:09:00 ET.

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