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LOT 2591
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 210-209 B.C.
Phaselis, Lycia mint, dated year 9. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress; Seleukid anchor countermark on head. Rev: ALEXANDROY with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; ʘ over F in left field, O beneath throne. Near very fine.(16.31 grams.).
Provenance
Ex UK private collection.
Literature
Price 2845; Prokesch-Osten 53.
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LOT 2591
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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