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Lot # 161
Continental Greece. Kings of Macedon. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). AR Tetradrachm. Mesembria mint (Thrace). Autonomous issue, struck c. 250-175 BC. Obv. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in inner left field, crested Corinthian helmet right above monogram. Price 992; HGC 3.1 1567; Karayotov I 12. AR. 16.62 g. 33.00 mm. Even medium gray tone, lovely golden hues. Struck from artistic dies. Ex Artemide XXIV, 2009, 57. EF/About EF.