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LOT 2916
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 322-319 BC. Kolophon mint. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ], Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; lyre in left field, A beneath throne. Price 1769. Good Fine. Area of corrosion on reverse.(4.00gr, 19mm, 10h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired before 1985, thence by descent 2025.
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