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STUNNING and EXTREMELY RARE ALEXANDER III "THE GREAT" TETRADRACHM


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STUNNING and EXTREMELY RARE ALEXANDER III "THE GREAT" TETRADRACHM in FINEST HELLENISTIC STYLE KINGDOM OF MACEDON, ALEXANDER III "THE GREAT" (336-323 BC), AR TETRADRACHM KINGDOM OF MACEDON. Alexander III "the Great" (336-323 BC), Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.25 g. 8h). Amphipolis Mint. Struck under Demetrios Poliorketes ca. 315-294 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre; Λ over racing torch to left; tripod under throne. Price 461; SNG Copenhagen 703 (RR). SPLENDID PORTRAIT of HERACLES in FINEST HELLENISTIC STYLE !!! Struck on broad flan of sound metal with original luster. Good Extremely Fine. EXTREMELEY RARE ISSUE with this SPENDID HERACLES PORTRAIT in one of the BEST and FINEST HELLENISTIC STYLES for Tetradrachms in the Name of ALEXANDER III "THE GREAT" !!! Among the RAREST and FINEST Specimens known! Ex. NAC 64 (17.05.2012), Lot 789. Ex. ROMA NUMISMATICS V (23.03.2013), Lot 253. ---

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