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LOT 2602

Sold for (Inc. bp): £130


Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 209-208 or 208-207 B.C.

Posthumous issue, Perga, Pamphylia mint, local year 13-14. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress; Seleukid anchor countermark on ear. Rev: ALEXANDROY with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; date mark I Γ, altered in antiquity to year I Δ, in left field. 16.02 grams.

Good fine.

PROVENANCE:
Ex UK private collection.

LITERATURE:
Price 2895-2896; Mueller 1231; Mektepini hoard 512-513 (Year 13).

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