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LOT 2952
Islands off Ionia, Chios AR Drachm. Struck circa 290-275 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; to left, M within circle above grape bunch. Price -, cf. 2325 (slightly differing monogram). Very Fine.(3.76gr, 15mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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