Details
LOT 3010
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Obol. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre. Cf. HGC 3.1, 918. Near Very Fine.(0.53gr, 9mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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