Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4250 Session 16 (9:30am Friday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $200
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SOLD $240
MACEDON, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.30 g), Perga (Perge) mint, year 26, issued 196-195 B.C., obv. head of Herakles to right wearing lion skin with dotted border, countermarked with anchor on lion skin, rev. Zeus seated on throne to left, eagle in outstretched hand, K**S* to left in field, to right **ALEXANDROU*, (cf.S.6713, Price 2940, BMC 2940, M.1242, Mektepini 535-6). Very fine, scarce.
Ex Dr V.J.A.Flynn Collection and previously Status International Sale 310 (lot 8082), also Noble Numismatics Sale 106 (lot 3348).
There are a number of posthumous Alexander tetradrachms with similar 'anchor' countermarks, which are thought to have been applied during the time of the Seleukid ruler, Antiochos IV.
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