★ A truly spectacular example ★
Kings of Macedon. Uncertain mint in Macedon or Lampsakos. Alexander III "the Great" 336-323 BC.
Tetradrachm AR
27mm., 17,14g.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings, bunch of grapes with tendrils in left field.
nearly extremely fine
Price -; Müller -; (Price 29 for 'Amphipolis', lifetime issue).