Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4185 SESSION 16 (9.30AM FRIDAY 29TH JULY) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $100
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SOLD $110
MACEDON, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), AE 20 (6.23 g), Uncertain mint in Western Asia, issued 323-310 B.C., obv. head of Herakles to right wearing lion skin with dotted border, rev. torch below, **BASILEWS* between, bow and bowcase above and club below, weak circular countermark on reverse of a head of a lion, (cf.S.6739, Price 2800, HGC 3.1, 951 [Alexander IV]). Green patination, nearly extremely fine, scarce.
Ex Superior Galleries, Beverly Hills, Calif. from a sale in New York December 11-12, 1992 (lot 2038 part).
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