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Banner Artemide LVIII
Attractive Lifetime Issue from the City in which Alexander Died
Lot # 157
Continental Greece. Kings of Macedon. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). AR Tetradrachm. Babylon mint. Struck under Stamenes or Archon, circa 324/3 BC. Obv. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; to left, lion head facing; below throne, monogram above M. Price 3608 var. (lion head left and strut above M). AR. 17.15 g. 26.50 mm. R. Superb. Finest classical style. Old cabinet tone, warm golden hues. Minor metal flaw on reverse. EF.