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Lot # 121 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). GOLD Stater. Amphipolis. Possibly lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, decorated with serpent.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis Control: To left, trident head downward.Price 172.Already with Philip II the occupation of the Mount Pangaion region with its rich gold mines had made possible the abundant emission of gold coins, something that until then had been throughout Greece rather rare and linked to extraordinary circumstances or moments of crisis. Alexander, who imposed a single coinage throughout his vast empire, was able to issue States and their fractions in gold, using the Attic weight as the unit of measure. On the Staters the head of the goddess Athena with Corinthian helmet was depicted on the obverse, while a winged Nike was reproduced on the reverse. On silver tetradrachms, on the other hand, the head of Herakles with lion skin was depicted on the obverse and Zeus seated on a throne on the reverse (Phidian model). Toward the end of his reign there is an assimilation of the ruler with Herakles. The practice, derived from the Eastern world of reproducing the portrait of the ruler on the coin, represents a change with Alexander's coinage. But as if the human figure did not dare to suddenly replace that of the gods, the image is clothed with religious content, through its deification or identification with the deity. Even after his death for a long time Tetradrachms with the effigy of Alexander continued to be issued by his successors. The Macedonian king had the possibility to exploit for his coinage a large amount of precious metal from the vast empire he had conquered. The extremely rich mines scattered throughout this territory also made his successors self-sufficient.. The coin from that time became a symbol of the ruler's power and absolute authority; no longer protected by the image of deities, it became an instrument of propaganda and power. Condition: Mint State.Weight: 8.62 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 122 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Corinth. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / BAΣIΛEΩΣ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Aplustre in left field, HP monogram below throne.Price 687.Rare Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.89 g. Diameter: 27 mm. Rare
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Lot # 123 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Uncertain mint in Macedon or Greece. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: aphlaston in left field.Price 862A. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.16 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 124 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Uncertain mint in Macedon or Greece. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: aphlaston in left field.Price 862c. Condition: Fine.Weight: 4.13 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 125 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Dionysopolis. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / BAΣIΛEΩΣ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Grape bunch to inner left, monogram below throne.Price 950-2 var. (monogram). Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 16.59 g. Diameter: 28 mm.
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Lot # 126 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Mesambria. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field, helmet right above ΔΑ; O and monogram below throne.Price 1043. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 16.36 g. Diameter: 32 mm.
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Lot # 127 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Mesambria. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field, helmet right above ΔΑ; O and monogram below throne.Price 1043. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.43 g. Diameter: 34 mm.
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Lot # 128 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Mesambria. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field, Corinthian helmet above ΔA; HPA monogram below throne.Price 1054. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 16.30 g. Diameter: 34 mm.
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Lot # 129 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Mesambria. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field, crested helmet right above ΔA; monogram below throne.Price 1062. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.48 g. Diameter: 30 mm.
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Lot # 130 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Mesambria. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field, crested helmet right above MA; below throne, monogram below strut.Price 1082. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 16.47 g. Diameter: 33 mm.
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Lot # 131 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Mesambria. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Monogram and helmet in left field, monogram below throne.Price 1106A. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.05 g. Diameter: 31 mm.
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Lot # 132 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Odessos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: ΔH in left field, monogram below throne.Price 1179. Condition: Near extremely fine.Weight: 16.56 g. Diameter: 31 mm.
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Lot # 133 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Odessos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: OΠ monogram below throne.Price 1322 (Uncertain Black Sea). Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.20 g. Diameter: 34 mm.
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Lot # 134 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Lampsakos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre; controls: AΠ monogram in left field, serpent coiled left below throne.Price 1364. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.26 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 135 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Lampsakos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left with eagle and sceptre. Controls: forepart of Pegasos in left field and AΛ below throne.Price 1389. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 4.18 g. Diameter: 17 mm.
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Lot # 136 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Lampsakos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: KI in left field, ME monogram below throne.Price 1406. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 4.18 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 137 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Lampsakos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: KI in left field, ME monogram below throne.Price 1406. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 4.13 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 138 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Lampsakos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: KI in left field, ME monogram below throne.Price 1406. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.15 g. Diameter: 17 mm.
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Lot # 139 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Abydos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: in left field, monogram; below throne, ivy-leaf.Price 1527. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.17 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 140 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Abydos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Monogram in left field; Z below throne.Price 1528. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 4.24 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 141 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Abydos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field, monogram over prow left; Z below throne; kerykeion to outer right.Price 1541. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.23 g. Diameter: 17 mm.
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Lot # 142 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Abydos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: ME monogram in left field, ivy leaf below throne.Price 1560. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.26 g. Diameter: 17 mm.
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Lot # 143 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Abydos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: ME monogram in left field, ivy leaf below throne.Price 1560. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.26 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 144 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Abydos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Monogram in left field; below throne, head and neck of griffin right.Price 1576. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.23 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 145 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Kolophon. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Grain ear in left field, spearhead to outer right.Price 1750. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 4.18 g. Diameter: 17 mm.
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Lot # 146 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Kolophon. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Monogram in left field; below throne, Φ below strut.Price 1823. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 4.20 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 147 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Kolophon. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Monogram in left field; below throne, crescent left below strut.Price 1825. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.19 g. Diameter: 19 mm.
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Lot # 148 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Kolophon. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Crescent in left field; below throne, monogram below strut.Price 1827. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.31 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 149 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Erythrai. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field, club, bow in bow-case and monogram.Price 1907. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.19 g. Diameter: 31 mm.
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Lot # 150 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: monograms in left field and below throne.Price 1970. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 4.30 g. Diameter: 16 mm.
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Lot # 151 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Δ within wreath in left field, crescent below throne.Price 1982. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.17 g. Diameter: 19 mm.
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Lot # 152 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). GOLD Stater. Miletos. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent; thunderbolt below neck.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY. Nike standing left, with laurel wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left; monogram in left field.Price 2077.Already with Philip II the occupation of the Mount Pangaion region with its rich gold mines had made possible the abundant emission of gold coins, something that until then had been throughout Greece rather rare and linked to extraordinary circumstances or moments of crisis. Alexander, who imposed a single coinage throughout his vast empire, was able to issue States and their fractions in gold, using the Attic weight as the unit of measure. On the Staters the head of the goddess Athena with Corinthian helmet was depicted on the obverse, while a winged Nike was reproduced on the reverse. On silver tetradrachms, on the other hand, the head of Herakles with lion skin was depicted on the obverse and Zeus seated on a throne on the reverse (Phidian model). Toward the end of his reign there is an assimilation of the ruler with Herakles. The practice, derived from the Eastern world of reproducing the portrait of the ruler on the coin, represents a change with Alexander's coinage. But as if the human figure did not dare to suddenly replace that of the gods, the image is clothed with religious content, through its deification or identification with the deity. Even after his death for a long time Tetradrachms with the effigy of Alexander continued to be issued by his successors. The Macedonian king had the possibility to exploit for his coinage a large amount of precious metal from the vast empire he had conquered. The extremely rich mines scattered throughout this territory also made his successors self-sufficient.. The coin from that time became a symbol of the ruler's power and absolute authority; no longer protected by the image of deities, it became an instrument of propaganda and power. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 8.62 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 153 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Miletos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: Monogram in left field.Price 2151. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.21 g. Diameter: 20 mm.
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Lot # 154 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Miletos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: Monogram in left field.Price 2151. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.14 g. Diameter: 19 mm.
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Lot # 155 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Teos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: MO monogram in left field, ΔI monogram below throne.Price 2262. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 4.21 g. Diameter: 17 mm.
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Lot # 156 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Teos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Monogram in left field and below throne.Price 2292. Condition: Mint State.Weight: 4.32 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 157 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Mylasa. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left with eagle and sceptre. Controls: Monogram in left field.Price 2488. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.18 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 158 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Ae Unit. Uncertain mint in Western Asia Minor. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ. Bow in quiver left; below, club right above torch left.Price 2800. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 5.59 g. Diameter: 19 mm.
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Lot # 159 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Phaselis. Dated CY 10 (209/8 BC). Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field, I (date) above Φ.Price 2847. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.72 g. Diameter: 31 mm.
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Lot # 160 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint in Cilicia. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Wreath in left field, ΔΙ below throne.Price 2949 (Side?). Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.15 g. Diameter: 27 mm.
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Lot # 161 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Tarsos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: plow in left field; below throne, Γ/B; pellet to inner right.Price 3011. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 15.48 g. Diameter: 25 mm.
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Lot # 162 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Tarsos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Plow to left, grape bunch below throne.Price 3027. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 17.20 g. Diameter: 26 mm.
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Lot # 163 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Tarsos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin.Rev: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field, Nike flying right with wreath; monogram below throne.Price 3038. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.20 g. Diameter: 27 mm.
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Lot # 164 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Kition. Possible lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ BAΣIΛEΩΣ. Zeus seated left, holding sceptre and eagle. Control: KT monogram in left field.Price 3107. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 16.68 g. Diameter: 25 mm.
Ex Vico 2008
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Lot # 165 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Kition. Possible lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / BAΣIΛEΩΣ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: KT monogram in left field.Price 3108.Ex Jesús Vico (5.6.2008), lot 3161 Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.13 g. Diameter: 26 mm.
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Lot # 166 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Kition. Possible lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / BAΣIΛEΩΣ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: KT monogram in left field.Price 3108. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 16.94 g. Diameter: 26 mm.
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Lot # 167 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Paphos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: in left field, dove standing right; crescent(?) to inner right.Cf. Price 3116. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.22 g. Diameter: 25 mm.
Ex CNG 2007
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Lot # 168 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint (Paphos?). Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Club in left field, K below throne.Price -, cf. 3121 for control below throne.Ex Classical Numismatic Group E-168 (2007), lot 27 Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.22 g. Diameter: 24 mm.
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Lot # 169 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). GOLD Stater. Salamis. Lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis. Control: To left, eagle standing right.Price 3128.Already with Philip II the occupation of the Mount Pangaion region with its rich gold mines had made possible the abundant emission of gold coins, something that until then had been throughout Greece rather rare and linked to extraordinary circumstances or moments of crisis. Alexander, who imposed a single coinage throughout his vast empire, was able to issue States and their fractions in gold, using the Attic weight as the unit of measure. On the Staters the head of the goddess Athena with Corinthian helmet was depicted on the obverse, while a winged Nike was reproduced on the reverse. On silver tetradrachms, on the other hand, the head of Herakles with lion skin was depicted on the obverse and Zeus seated on a throne on the reverse (Phidian model). Toward the end of his reign there is an assimilation of the ruler with Herakles. The practice, derived from the Eastern world of reproducing the portrait of the ruler on the coin, represents a change with Alexander's coinage. But as if the human figure did not dare to suddenly replace that of the gods, the image is clothed with religious content, through its deification or identification with the deity. Even after his death for a long time Tetradrachms with the effigy of Alexander continued to be issued by his successors. The Macedonian king had the possibility to exploit for his coinage a large amount of precious metal from the vast empire he had conquered. The extremely rich mines scattered throughout this territory also made his successors self-sufficient.. The coin from that time became a symbol of the ruler's power and absolute authority; no longer protected by the image of deities, it became an instrument of propaganda and power. Condition: Mint State.Weight: 8.65 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 170 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). GOLD Stater. Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY. Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis. Control: spearhead in left field.Price 3137.Already with Philip II the occupation of the Mount Pangaion region with its rich gold mines had made possible the abundant emission of gold coins, something that until then had been throughout Greece rather rare and linked to extraordinary circumstances or moments of crisis. Alexander, who imposed a single coinage throughout his vast empire, was able to issue States and their fractions in gold, using the Attic weight as the unit of measure. On the Staters the head of the goddess Athena with Corinthian helmet was depicted on the obverse, while a winged Nike was reproduced on the reverse. On silver tetradrachms, on the other hand, the head of Herakles with lion skin was depicted on the obverse and Zeus seated on a throne on the reverse (Phidian model). Toward the end of his reign there is an assimilation of the ruler with Herakles. The practice, derived from the Eastern world of reproducing the portrait of the ruler on the coin, represents a change with Alexander's coinage. But as if the human figure did not dare to suddenly replace that of the gods, the image is clothed with religious content, through its deification or identification with the deity. Even after his death for a long time Tetradrachms with the effigy of Alexander continued to be issued by his successors. The Macedonian king had the possibility to exploit for his coinage a large amount of precious metal from the vast empire he had conquered. The extremely rich mines scattered throughout this territory also made his successors self-sufficient.. The coin from that time became a symbol of the ruler's power and absolute authority; no longer protected by the image of deities, it became an instrument of propaganda and power. Condition: Extremely fine; some luster in field.Weight: 8.57 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 171 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Salamis. Lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Bow in left field.Price 3139. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.23 g. Diameter: 28 mm.
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Lot # 172 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Salamis. Lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Bow in left field.Price 3139. Condition: Fine.Weight: 17.08 g. Diameter: 25 mm.
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Lot # 173 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Salamis. Lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Bow in left field.Price 3139. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 17.01 g. Diameter: 24 mm.
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Lot # 174 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Salamis. Lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Bow in left field, B below throne.Price 3142. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.28 g. Diameter: 27 mm.
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Lot # 175 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). GOLD Stater. Salamis. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY. Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis. Control: Rudder in left field.Price 3149.Already with Philip II the occupation of the Mount Pangaion region with its rich gold mines had made possible the abundant emission of gold coins, something that until then had been throughout Greece rather rare and linked to extraordinary circumstances or moments of crisis. Alexander, who imposed a single coinage throughout his vast empire, was able to issue States and their fractions in gold, using the Attic weight as the unit of measure. On the Staters the head of the goddess Athena with Corinthian helmet was depicted on the obverse, while a winged Nike was reproduced on the reverse. On silver tetradrachms, on the other hand, the head of Herakles with lion skin was depicted on the obverse and Zeus seated on a throne on the reverse (Phidian model). Toward the end of his reign there is an assimilation of the ruler with Herakles. The practice, derived from the Eastern world of reproducing the portrait of the ruler on the coin, represents a change with Alexander's coinage. But as if the human figure did not dare to suddenly replace that of the gods, the image is clothed with religious content, through its deification or identification with the deity. Even after his death for a long time Tetradrachms with the effigy of Alexander continued to be issued by his successors. The Macedonian king had the possibility to exploit for his coinage a large amount of precious metal from the vast empire he had conquered. The extremely rich mines scattered throughout this territory also made his successors self-sufficient.. The coin from that time became a symbol of the ruler's power and absolute authority; no longer protected by the image of deities, it became an instrument of propaganda and power. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 8.59 g. Diameter: 18 mm.
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Lot # 176 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Damaskos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field, forepart of ram right; pellets and ΔA below throne.Price 3205. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 16.96 g. Diameter: 28 mm.
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Lot # 177 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Myriandros or Issos. Lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Monogram in left field and below throne.Price 3223 corr. (monogram in left field). Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.23 g. Diameter: 26 mm.
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Lot # 178 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Tyre. Dated RY 22 of Azemilkos (328/7 BC). Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: date in left field.Price 3254 (Ake). Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.19 g. Diameter: 25 mm.
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Lot # 179 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Tyre. Dated RY 26 of Azemilkos (324/3 BC). Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre; Phoenician date to left.Price 3265 (Ake). Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 17.12 g. Diameter: 27 mm.
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Lot # 180 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Arados. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / BAΣIΛEΩΣ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Λ in left field, monogram below throne.Price 3320. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.20 g. Diameter: 29 mm.

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