Greek Coins

Lot # 108 - THESSALY. Gomphoi-Philippopolis. Ae Trichalkon (Mid 4th-3rd centuries BC). Obv: Head of nymph or maenad facing slightly left.Rev: ΓΟΜΦΕΩN. Zeus Palamnaios seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt and sceptre.BCD Thessaly II 70; HGC 4, 248. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 8.47 g. Diameter: 22 mm.

Lot # 107 - MACEDON UNDER ROMAN PROTECTORATE. First Meris. Tetradrachm (Circa 167-148 BC). Amphipolis. Obv: Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver over shoulder; all in centre of Macedonian shield.Rev: MAKEΔONΩN / ΠPΩTHΣ. Club; monogram above, two monograms below; all within oak wreath; thunderbolt to left.SNG Copenhagen 1314; HGC 3.1, 1103. Condition: Fine.Weight: 16.63 g. Diameter: 30 mm.

Lot # 106 - MACEDON UNDER ROMAN PROTECTORATE. Gaius Publilius (Quaestor, 168-166 BC). Ae. Obv: Diademed head of Zeus right.Rev: MAKEΔONΩN / TAMIOV ΓAIOV / ΠOΠΛIΛIOY. Club and legend in three lines within oak-wreath.BMC 71; HGC 3.1, 1115.Rare Condition: Very fine.Weight: 7.22 g. Diameter: 22 mm.

Lot # 105 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Perseus (179-168 BC). Pella or Amphipolis. Obv: Helmeted head of the hero Perseus right; harpa to right.Rev: B - A. Eagle, with head right and wings spread, standing left on thunderbolt; ΠEΡ monogram to left; control mark below.HGC 3.1, 1099. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 5.01 g. Diameter: 21 mm.

Lot # 104 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios (323-317 BC). Drachm. Kolophon. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: Monogram in left field.Price P46. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 4.25 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 103 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios (323-317 BC). Drachm. Abydos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: ΦIΛIΠΠOY. Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Monogram in left field; below throne, animal-leg.Price P22. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 4.12 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 102 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Babylon. Lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Kerykeion in left field, monogram and M below throne.Price 3627. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.22 g. Diameter: 26 mm.

Lot # 101 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Babylon. Lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Bee and M in left field, monogram below throne.Price 3619. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 17.22 g. Diameter: 25 mm.

Lot # 100 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Babylon. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field Φ and M below throne.Price 3581. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 17.26 g. Diameter: 24 mm.

Lot # 99 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). GOLD Stater. Sidon. Lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY. Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis Control: to lower left, filleted palm.Price 3471.Very rare Condition: Mint State.Weight: 8.58 g. Diameter: 19 mm.

Lot # 98 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Arados. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: AP monogram in left field.Price 3424 (Byblos). Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.11 g. Diameter: 26 mm.

Lot # 97 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Arados. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Kerykeion in left field; below throne, AP monogram below struts.Price 3332. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.19 g. Diameter: 26 mm.

Lot # 96 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Myriandros or Issos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field, monogram above club-in-wreath; monogram below throne.Price 3230. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 17.22 g. Diameter: 26 mm.

Lot # 95 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Salamis. Lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Bow in left field.Price 3139. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 17.28 g. Diameter: 25 mm.

Lot # 94 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). GOLD Stater. Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor. Lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY. Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis Control: to lower left, eagle standing left with closed wings.Price 3125 (Salamis).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: 8.66 g. Diameter: 19 mm.

Lot # 93 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). GOLD Stater. Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor. Lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY. Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis Control: to lower left, eagle standing left with closed wings.Price 3125 (Salamis).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; luster.Weight: 8.59 g. Diameter: 19 mm.

Lot # 92 - 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: Good very fine.Weight: 17.20 g. Diameter: 26 mm.

Lot # 91 - 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: In left field, crowning Nike standing right; monogram below throne.Price 3037. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 17.15 g. Diameter: 27 mm.

Lot # 90 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint in Cilicia. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: AI in left field, BΣ below throne.Price 2952 (Side?). Condition: Good very fine; Herakles' hair tooled.Weight: 17.12 g. Diameter: 27 mm.

Lot # 89 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Perge. Dated CY 15 (207/6 BC). Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: IE (date) to outer left.Price 2927. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 16.74 g. Diameter: 34 mm.

Lot # 88 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Sardeis. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: M-in-circle in left field, monogram below throne.Price 2687. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 4.19 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 87 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Sardes. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: Kantharos in left field.Price 2542. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 4.27 g. Diameter: 17 mm.

Lot # 86 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Mylasa. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: monogram within circle in left field.Cf. Price 2486. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 4.22 g. Diameter: 16 mm.

Lot # 85 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Mylasa. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Control: Monogram in left field.Price 2484. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.22 g. Diameter: 17 mm.

Lot # 84 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Mylasa. 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, EY.Price 2479 var. (monogram). Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 4.25 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 83 - 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, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: monogram in field left and below throne.Price 2290. Condition: Mint State.Weight: 4.36 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 82 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Miletos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: monogram within circle in left field and double axe below throne.Price 2148. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 4.14 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 81 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Drachm. Miletos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: monogram within circle in left field and double axe below throne.Price 2148. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 4.24 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 80 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). GOLD Stater. Miletos. Lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY. Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis. Control: monogram to lower left.Price 2079.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: 8.61 g. Diameter: 19 mm.

Lot # 79 - 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, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: monogram-within-wreath and E in left field, monogram below throne.Cf. Price 1980. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 4.20 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 78 - 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: Π above B in left field, monogram below throne.Price 1960. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 4.25 g. Diameter: 19 mm.

Lot # 77 - 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: Monogram in left field; below throne, crescent left below strut.Price 1825. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.28 g. Diameter: 19 mm.

Lot # 76 - 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: Φ in left field, Π below throne.Price 1817. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 4.10 g. Diameter: 17 mm.

Lot # 75 - 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: Φ in left field, Π below throne.Price 1817. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 4.22 g. Diameter: 17 mm.

Lot # 74 - 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, Π below throne.Price 1813. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 4.31 g. Diameter: 17 mm.

Lot # 73 - 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: Below throne, horizontal grain ear below strut; spearhead to outer right.Price 1751. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 4.13 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 72 - 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: 4.22 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 71 - 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: ME monogram in left field, ivy leaf below throne.Price 1560. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.26 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 70 - 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: in left field, lion standing right, head left; leaf below throne.Price 1554. Condition: Fine.Weight: 4.12 g. Diameter: 17 mm.

Lot # 69 - 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, kerykeion to outer right.Cf. Price 1544. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 4.18 g. Diameter: 17 mm.

Lot # 68 - 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 and below throne.Price 1531. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.20 g. Diameter: 19 mm.

Lot # 67 - 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: in left field, monogram; below throne, ivy-leaf.Price 1527. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 4.24 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 66 - 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: Very fine.Weight: 4.19 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 65 - 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 field left, monogram below throne.Price 1398. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 4.14 g. Diameter: 17 mm.

Lot # 64 - 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: In left field, forepart of Pegasos left; below throne, Artemis standing left with torch.Price 1387. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 4.13 g. Diameter: 17 mm.

Lot # 63 - 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: In left field, forepart of Pegasos left; monogram below throne.Price 1382. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.29 g. Diameter: 17 mm.

Lot # 62 - 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: Buckle and Δ in left field; below throne, AI.Price 1380. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 4.09 g. Diameter: 17 mm.

Lot # 61 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). GOLD Stater. Lampsakos. Lifetime issue. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY. Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis. Controls: To left, conjoined horse foreparts; monogram below left wing.Price 1358.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 mint state.Weight: 8.61 g. Diameter: 18 mm.

Lot # 60 - 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. Control: Sheathed sword in left field.Price 1349. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.09 g. Diameter: 16 mm.

Lot # 59 - KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). GOLD Stater. Aigai(?). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent.Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis. Controls: to left, pankratiast standing left, raising arms; rudder to lower left.Price 188.RareAlready 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 Staters 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: 8.59 g. Diameter: 18 mm.