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Weekly Auction 231930  –  26 July 2019

Heritage Auctions, Weekly Auction 231930

Ancient and World Coins

Fr, 26.07.2019, from 3:00 AM CEST
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NEAR EAST. Uncertain mint. Ca. 4th-3rd centuries BC. AR tetradrachm (25mm, 16.23 gm, 9h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5. Imitating AR tetradrachm in the name and type of Alexander III the Great, issue of Babylon, under Seleucus I Nicator, ca. 311-300 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛΞEANAPO, Zeus enthroned left, left leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; И in left field, Δ below strut. Does not seem to correspond directly to any particular Price number. A rare type issued at Nisyros bears a retrograde N in the left field but the style is much different and no throne symbol is mentioned in Price.

HID09801242017

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Price realized 240 USD
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Estimate 200 USD
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