Details
LOT 2603
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 208-207 B.C.
Posthumous issue, Phaselis, Lycia mint, dated year 11. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. Rev: ALEXANDROY legend with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; date IA over Phi in left field, O beneath throne; Seleukid anchor countermark to obverse. Good very fine.(16.06 grams.).
Provenance
Ex UK private collection.
Published
See Wildwinds.com (this coin).
Literature
Price 2850; Heipp 123-125.
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LOT 2603
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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