Alexander of Damaskos


Continental Greece. Macedon. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). AR Tetradrachm. Damaskos mint, struck under Menon or Menes, c. 330-323. Obv. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY. Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, forepart of ram right; below throne, pellet above both struts, pellet and ΔA below lower strut. Price 3208. 17.15 g. 27.00 mm. Superb coin, brilliant and lightly toned. EF.
Ex Triton X (2007), lot 155.