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Lot 2494    SESSION 12 (9.30AM THURSDAY 1ST AUG)    Silver & Bronze

Estimate $1,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,800

MACEDON, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.77 g), Memphis Mint, issued 323-316 B.C., obv. head of Herakles to right wearing lion skin with dotted border, rev. Zeus seated on throne to left, eagle in outstretched hand, **DI* under throne, thunderbolt upwards in left field, to right **ALEXANDROU*, (cf.S.6713, Price 3976, BMC 3976a-e, M.7, Demanhur 4781-4819). Well centred, extremely fine and rare.

Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 103, lot 3464. Previously the Alan Jordan Collection, purchased from Noble Numismatics Sale 66 (lot 3289). Also Munzen & Medaillen AG, Basel Switzerland, from New York coin fair December 1998, with dealer ticket.^^

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