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LOT 2913
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. Struck under Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I, circa 323-318/7 BC. Babylon mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed 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; M in left field, ΛY beneath strut of throne. Price 3692 var. (ΛΥ above strut). Very Fine. Toned. Very rare with ΛΥ beneath throne's strut on reverse.(16.65gr, 27mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2913
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
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