Details
LOT 2608
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Quarter Unit. 336-323 BC.
Uncertain mint in Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ between club to right above and bow in bow-case to left below; eight-rayed star above. Price - (cf. 272, denomination); SNG Alpha Bank -. Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; apparently unpublished and possibly unique variant.(1.29gr, 12mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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